Eating Smoke: Fire in Urban America, 1800–1950 - Tebeau, Mark (Cleveland State University) - Books - Johns Hopkins University Press - 9781421407623 - September 1, 2012
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Eating Smoke: Fire in Urban America, 1800–1950

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By comparing the simple skills employed by firefighters-climbing ladders and manipulating hoses-with the mundane technologies-maps and accounting charts-of insurers, the author demonstrates that the daily routines of both groups were instrumental in making intense urban and industrial expansion a less precarious endeavor.


440 pages, 29 halftones, 2 line drawings

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released September 1, 2012
ISBN13 9781421407623
Publishers Johns Hopkins University Press
Pages 440
Dimensions 156 × 236 × 29 mm   ·   680 g
Language English  

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