Unsafe at Any Speed
Nonfiction work
By: Ralph Nader
Date: 1965
Source: Nader, Ralph. Unsafe at Any Speed. New York: Grossman, 1965, vii–xi.
About the Author: Ralph Nader (1934–), author, attorney, and most visible spokesperson for the consumer protection/product safety movement, first became widely known in 1965 because of his neo-muckraking classic, Unsafe at Any Speed—a scathing indictment of the American automobile industry's lackadaisical record on safety. During the 1970s Nader shifted his focus to various environmental concerns. He ran as the Green Party presidential nominee in 2000.
Introduction
In the "muckraking" investigative journalism tradition that was revived during the 1960s, attorney and consumer crusader Ralph Nader undoubtedly stands out as the nation's single most electric and controversial personality. Nader almost singlehandedly took on the...
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