Crucible of Fire : Nineteenth-Century Urban Fires and the Making of the Modern Fire Service /

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How the tragedies of the nineteenth-century's great municipal fires changed firefighting today.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hensler, Bruce, 1953- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, [2011]
Edition:First edition
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Fires > Social aspects.
Fires.
Fire prevention.
Fire fighters.
Fire extinction.
Fire departments.
City and town life.
Cities and towns.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Fire Science.
Incendies > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Incendies > Prevention > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Pompiers > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Services des incendies > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Incendies > Extinction > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Vie urbaine > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Villes > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Incendies > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Incendies > Prevention > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Fires > Social aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Fire prevention > Social aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Fire fighters > United States > History > 19th century.
Fire departments > United States > History > 19th century.
Fire extinction > United States > History > 19th century.
City and town life > United States > History > 19th century.
Cities and towns > United States > History > 19th century.
Fires > United States > History > 19th century.
Fire prevention > United States > History > 19th century.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:How the tragedies of the nineteenth-century's great municipal fires changed firefighting today.
Physical Description:1 online resource (260 pages): illustrations, maps
ISBN:9781597977562

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