[PDF.32tw] Eating Smoke: Fire in Urban America, 1800–1950

Eating Smoke: Fire in Urban America, 1800–1950

[PDF.dn75] Eating Smoke: Fire in Urban America, 1800–1950

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 | #2825010 in Books |  2003-10-16 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.25 x1.38 x6.13l,1.75 | File type: PDF | 440 pages

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||0 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Wordy|By J. Young|OK book on evolution of fire protection in cities. Very detailed concerning political and economic aspects, but less so on actual firefighting technology and procedures which is what I was looking for.| ||For the true story of the heroic firefighter's role in urban America, turn to Tebeau's investigative account. (University of Chicago Magazine)

|Tebeau develops an interwoven story of gender, class, culture, and technology: contrasting the he

During the period of America's swiftest industrialization and urban growth, fire struck fear in the hearts of city dwellers as did no other calamity. Before the Civil War, sweeping blazes destroyed more than $200 million in property in the nation's largest cities. Between 1871 and 1906, conflagrations left Chicago, Boston, Baltimore, and San Francisco in ruins. Into the twentieth century, this dynamic hazard intensified as cities grew taller and more populous, confoun...

You easily download any file type for your device.Eating Smoke: Fire in Urban America, 1800–1950   |  Mark Tebeau. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.

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