Bursting Boilers and the Federal Power
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4025675 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John G Burke (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1966 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1 |
| Publication date | 1966-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Technology and Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0040-165X • E-ISSN: 1097-3729 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3101598 |
| OpenAlex | W2335622628 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 24 |
When the United States Food and Drug Administration removes thousands of tins of tuna from supermarket shelves to prevent possible food poisoning, when the Civil Aeronautics Board restricts the speed of certain jets until modifications are completed, or when the Interstate Commerce Commission institutes safety checks of interstate motor carriers, the federal government is expressing its power to regulate dangerous processes or products in interstate commerce. Although particular interests may take issue with a regulatory agency about restrictions placed upon certain products or seek to alleviate what they consider to be unjust directives, few citizens would argue that government regulation of this type constitutes a serious invasion of private property rights.' Though federal regulatory agencies may contribute to the general welfare, they are not expressly sanctioned by any provisions of the U.S. Constitution. In fact, their genesis was due to a marked change in the attitude of many early nineteenth-century Americans who insisted that the federal government exercise its power in a positive way in an area that was non-existent when the Constitution was enacted. At the time, commercial, manufacturing, and business interests were willing to seek the aid of government in such matters as patent rights, land grants, or protective tariffs, but they opposed any action that might smack of governmental interference or control of their internal affairs. The government might act benevolently but never restrictively. The innovation responsible for the changed attitude toward government regulation was the steam engine. The introduction of steam power
Bursting · Business · Physics · Power (physics) · Thermodynamics · Environmental Science · Law, Rights, and Freedoms · Legal and Constitutional Studies · Neuroscience · Psychology
Raising Standards
Technology, You and the Law
Science and the Politics of Toxic Chemical Regulation
Researching the History of Technology at the Hagley Museum and Library
No Mere Technicalities
Individuals, Organizations, and Engineering
Leo Marx's The Machine in the Garden
The Historian of Technology and Her True Country
After Innovation, Turn to Maintenance
Louis C. Hunter, Steamboats on the Western Rivers
L'émergence de la norme technique de sécurité en France vers 1820
In the Shadow of Tragedy
Engineering Risk and Disaster
Revolving door governance
Conflict and Commerce
Achieving employee safety-lessons from the railroad
Risk Analysis and Risk Management
Public policy for dangerous inventions
Lessons in the rubble
Introduction
Tracing Long-term Value Change in (Energy) Technologies
On the regulation of technology
A relational approach to the technological transformation and continuity of underground aqueducts in Turpan, Xinjiang
Material Experiments
| Unique citing works | 24 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,57 |
| Citation span | 1984 - 2026 (43) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |