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כותר Eating smoke [electronic resource] : fire in urban America, 1800-1950 / Mark Tebeau.
מוציא לאור Baltimore, MD
London : Johns Hopkins University Press
שנה 2003
הערות Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
הערת תוכן ותקציר ""Cover""
""Contents""
""Preface and Acknowledgments""
""Introduction: The Problem of Fire""
""PART I. Smoke""
""1 Workshops of Democracy: The Invention of Volunteer Firefighting""
""2 The Business of Safety: The American Fire Insurance Industry, 1800�1850""
""PART II. Fire""
""3 Statistics, Maps, and Morals: Making Fire Risk Objective, 1850�1875""
""4 Muscle and Steam: Establishing Municipal Fire Departments, 1850�1875""
""PART III. Water""
""5 Disciplining the City: Everyday Practice and Mapping Risk, 1875�1900""
""6 Becoming Heroes: A New Standard for Urban Fire Safety, 1875�1900""""PART IV. Paper""
""7 Consuming Safety: Fire Prevention and Fire Risk in the Twentieth Century""
""8 Eating Smoke: Rational Heroes in the Twentieth Century""
""Conclusion: Fighting Fire in Postwar America""
""Appendix 1: Firefighting by the Numbers""
""Appendix 2: Firefighting Careers""
""Abbreviations""
""Notes""
""Essay on Sources""
""Index""
""A""
""B""
""C""
""D""
""E""
""F""
""G""
""H""
""I""
""J""
""K""
""L""
""M""
""N""
""O""
""P""
""Q""
""R""
""S""
""T""
""U""
""V""
""W""
""Y""
""Z""
היקף החומר 1 online resource (440 p.)
שפה אנגלית
מספר מערכת 997010712744705171
תצוגת MARC

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