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

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Tebeau, Mark
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2003]
Subjects:
Fire extinction > United States > History.
Incendies > Extinction > États-Unis > Histoire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Fire extinction
Brandbekämpfung
Stadt
Brandweer.
Brandverzekering.
Steden.
United States
USA
History
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