Books:
American Imperialist: Cruelty and Consequence in the Scramble for Africa (University of Chicago Press, 2023).
Risk: Negotiating Safety in American Society (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013)
Steam Laundries: Gender, Work, and Technology in the United States and Great Britain, 1880-1940 (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999)
Edited Volumes
His and Hers: Gender, Consumption and Technology (University of Virginia Press, 1998) co-edited with Roger Horowitz
Gender and Technology: A Reader (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003) co-edited with Nina Lerman and Ruth Oldenziel
Articles and Book Chapters
“Gun Control and the Power of Vernacular Risk Cultures: A Story of American Exceptionalism," in Wagnisse: Risken eingehen, Risiken analysieren, von Risiken erzählen, Stefan Brakensiek, et. al., eds. (Frankfurt: Campus Verlag, 2017), 167-190.
“Constructing the History of Risk. Foundations, Tools, and Reasons Why," Historical Social Research/Historische Sozialforschung 41(2016): 30-47.
“Conclusion: Governing Risks in Britain and Beyond," with Thomas Le Roux, Tom Crook, and Mike Esbester, in Governing Risks in Modern Britain: Danger, Safety and Accidents c. 1800-2000 (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016), 297-308.
"Amusement Parks for the World: The Export of American Technology and Know-How, 1900-1939,” Icon 19 (2014):100-12.
“Lightning Rods and the Commodification of Risk in Nineteenth-Century America” in Taming the Electric Fire, edited by Oliver Hochadel and Peter Heering (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 2009).
“Labor and Technology” in A Companion to American Technology, Carroll Pursell, ed. (Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2005), 212-230.
“On the Frontier of the Empire of Chance: Statistics, Accidents, and Risk in Industrializing America” Science in Context 8(September 2005): 337-357
“Designed for Thrills and Safety: Gender, Technology, and the Commodification of Risk in the Amusement Park Industry,” Journal of Design History 14 (Fall 2001): 291-306.
