Eating smoke : fire in urban America, 1800-1950

Eating smoke : fire in urban America, 1800-1950 / Mark Tebeau.

"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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tebeau, Mark
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2003]
Subjects:
Fire extinction > United States > History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Fire extinction
Brandbekämpfung
Stadt
Brandweer.
Brandverzekering.
Steden.
United States
USA
History
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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 (xi, 425 pages) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781421412504
1421412500
Reproduction Note:Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.
Action Note:digitized

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