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

Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Tebeau, Mark
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2003]
Sujets:
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
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Description
Résumé:"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
Description matérielle:1 online resource (xi, 425 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781421412504
1421412500

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