Mark L Wilde
Biographic Data
| ID | 5201883 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mark L Wilde |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mark L |
| FAMILY NAME | Wilde |
| SIGNATURE | WILDE M L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Reading |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0145-8828 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
A History of Tort Law
It is axiomatic that caselaw from a particular epoch reflects the preoccupations of the time. This is especially so in the case of tort, developments in which are entirely driven by the nature of t
Railway Sparks
The railways have been described as Britain's ‘gift to the world’. The sheer scale, ambition and audaciousness of the engineering still inspires awe and reshaped the landscape forever. They brought towns and cities closer together and instigated irreversible economic, political and social changes. However, as is often the case with a new technology, the railways also brought negative side effects, one of the most destructive of which was fire dam…
Nuisance Law and Environmental Protection
Some years ago I was re-reading the case of Farnworth v Manchester Corporation (1930) in connection with some research of my own. The case concerned damage to a farmer's crops caused by emissions f
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364 Book Reviews TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE of the countryside and of farm values. I was also unconvinced by his treatment of “the professionalization of salesmanship.” He argues that a new code of conduct emerged. But I found a reward system framed almost entirely in terms of productivity more persuasive then the rhetoric about “force of character.” These problems notwithstanding, Making America Corporate is an absolutely essential addition to the b…
Prime Cut
Prime Cut
TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE Book Reviews 145 Prime Cut: Livestock Raising and Meatpacking in the United States, 1607— 1983. By Jimmy M. Skaggs. College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1986. Pp. xiii + 263; illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $28.50. In terms of production technology as well as distribution and mar keting developments, the meat-packers have been important inno vators. They were the most influential segment of the food-pro…
The Great Yellow Fleet
312 Book Reviews TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE 1901—1985 is an intriguing and informative account of how a major western railroad faced a variety of economic developments in the present century. John F. Stover Dr. Stover is retired from the Department of History at Purdue University. He is the author of nine volumes on American railroad and transportation history, including American Railroads (1961), History of the Illinois Central Railroad (1975), Iron…
Three Farms
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The Great Yellow Fleet
312 Book Reviews TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE 1901—1985 is an intriguing and informative account of how a major western railroad faced a variety of economic developments in the present century. John F. Stover Dr. Stover is retired from the Department of History at Purdue University. He is the author of nine volumes on American railroad and transportation history, including American Railroads (1961), History of the Illinois Central Railroad (1975), Iron…
Three Farms
Prime Cut
Prime Cut
TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE Book Reviews 145 Prime Cut: Livestock Raising and Meatpacking in the United States, 1607— 1983. By Jimmy M. Skaggs. College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1986. Pp. xiii + 263; illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $28.50. In terms of production technology as well as distribution and mar keting developments, the meat-packers have been important inno vators. They were the most influential segment of the food-pro…
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364 Book Reviews TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE of the countryside and of farm values. I was also unconvinced by his treatment of “the professionalization of salesmanship.” He argues that a new code of conduct emerged. But I found a reward system framed almost entirely in terms of productivity more persuasive then the rhetoric about “force of character.” These problems notwithstanding, Making America Corporate is an absolutely essential addition to the b…
Nuisance Law and Environmental Protection
Some years ago I was re-reading the case of Farnworth v Manchester Corporation (1930) in connection with some research of my own. The case concerned damage to a farmer's crops caused by emissions f
A History of Tort Law
It is axiomatic that caselaw from a particular epoch reflects the preoccupations of the time. This is especially so in the case of tort, developments in which are entirely driven by the nature of t
Railway Sparks
The railways have been described as Britain's ‘gift to the world’. The sheer scale, ambition and audaciousness of the engineering still inspires awe and reshaped the landscape forever. They brought towns and cities closer together and instigated irreversible economic, political and social changes. However, as is often the case with a new technology, the railways also brought negative side effects, one of the most destructive of which was fire dam…
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