SOCI201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Refrigerator Mothers, Love Canal, Japan Tobacco

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI201
• Professor: Best Joel

Document Summary

Risk: he argues that risk got a new role in the 1960s, book drawing attention to the dangers of ddt and pollution in general. Rachel carson: 1964 surgeon general report squarely blamed smoking for lung cancer and other health problems. Government talking about tobacco being dangerous: 1965 ralf nader warned about safety hazards in american cars in his book, consumers had been assured that these products were safe. Government soon puts restraints on them: graphic lables. Japenese define the tobacco risks very differently: japan tobacco - controlled majority of the importing of tobacco in japan and was owned by the government, launched a campaign to discourage smoking. 2: social class has a lot to do with education performance, the terms culturally deprived / disadvantaged flourished in the 1960s civil rights movement. People were saying that its not fair that their culture was depriving people.