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Eating Smoke: Fire in Urban America, 1800–1950 Tebeau, Mark (Cleveland State University)
Eating Smoke: Fire in Urban America, 1800–1950
Tebeau, Mark (Cleveland State University)
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 |