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
Main Author: Tebeau, Mark
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2003]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:"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
Physical Description:1 online resource (440 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781421412504

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