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
Auteur principal: Tebeau, Mark
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2003]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
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.
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 (440 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781421412504

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