Industrial-strength denial : eight stories of corporations defending the indefensible, from the slave trade to climate change
Record details
- ISBN: 9780520968851
- ISBN: 0520968859
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (vii, 346 pages)
remote - Publisher: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2020]
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-334) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction: A dangerous phenomenon -- A "more pleasing representation" : the alternate reality crafted by the slave lobby -- "A wonderful stimulant" : radium, risk and responsibility -- "The nut behind the wheel" : carmakers avoiding blame for highway deaths -- "How wrong one can be" : bias, tribalism and leaded gasoline -- "Our free enterprise system is at stake" : CFCs, ideology and manipulated uncertainty -- "Psychological crutches" : tobacco's mass-production of denial -- "Bottom line-nothing else matters" : the financial crisis and a culture of exploitation -- A "deceitful, hysterical, out-of-control rampage" : fossil fuels, climate denial, and distrust-building -- Conclusion: Shifting the social norm toward the public interest. |
Restrictions on Access Note: | NLC staff and students only. |
Source of Description Note: | Description based upon online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed April 14, 2020). |
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Genre: | Case studies. |