Flammable cities : urban conflagration and the making of the modern world /
In most cities today, fire has been reduced to a sporadic and isolated threat. But throughout history the constant risk of fire has left a deep and lasting imprint on almost every dimension of urban society. This volume, the first truly global study of urban conflagration, shows how fire has shaped...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Otros Autores: | , , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Madison :
University of Wisconsin Press,
2012.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- pt. 1. Cities as fire regimes
- pt. 2. Fire as risk and as a catalyst of change
- pt. 3. The politics of fire.