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Risk and Culture: An Essay on the Selection of Technological and Environmental Dangers
Mary Douglas
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Risk and Culture: An Essay on the Selection of Technological and Environmental Dangers
Mary Douglas
How, then, do people decide which risks to take and which to ignore? On what basis are certain dangers guarded against and others relegated to secondary status? This book explores how we decide what risks to take and which to ignore, both as individuals and as a culture.
224 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | October 27, 1983 |
| ISBN13 | 9780520050631 |
| Publishers | University of California Press |
| Pages | 224 |
| Dimensions | 142 × 217 × 15 mm · 320 g |
| Language | English |
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