Eating Smoke : Fire in Urban America, 1800-1950 /

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"Shows how the changing practices of firefighters, the strategies of insurers, and the rise of urban building codes eventually combined to conquer the popular fear of fire while also shaping the built landscape of American cities."--Cover

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Tebeau, Mark
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2003]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Steden.
Brandverzekering.
Brandweer.
Stadt
Brandbekämpfung
Fire extinction.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
Incendies > Extinction > États-Unis > Histoire.
Fire extinction > United States > History.
USA
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Shows how the changing practices of firefighters, the strategies of insurers, and the rise of urban building codes eventually combined to conquer the popular fear of fire while also shaping the built landscape of American cities."--Cover
Descripción Física:1 online resource (440 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781421412504

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