An edition of Eating Smoke (2003)

Eating Smoke

Fire in Urban America, 1800-1950

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An edition of Eating Smoke (2003)

Eating Smoke

Fire in Urban America, 1800-1950

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"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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The Johns Hopkins University Press
Language
English
Pages
440

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Subjects

Fire extinction, history, Fire extinction, History
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Cover of: Eating Smoke
Eating Smoke: Fire in Urban America, 1800-1950
2012, Johns Hopkins University Press
in English
Cover of: Eating Smoke
Eating Smoke: Fire in Urban America, 1800-1950
2012, Johns Hopkins University Press
in English
Cover of: Eating Smoke
Eating Smoke: Fire in Urban America, 1800-1950
October 16, 2003, The Johns Hopkins University Press
Hardcover in English

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First Sentence

"Shortly after I A.M. on August 10, 1887, clanging alarm bells roused the men of St. Louis's Hook and Ladder Company No. 6, led by foreman Christian Hoell."

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Library of Congress
TH9503.T43 2002, TH9503 .T43 2003

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
440
Dimensions
9.4 x 6.3 x 1.2 inches
Weight
1.8 pounds

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL7870784M
ISBN 10
0801867916
ISBN 13
9780801867910
LCCN
2002151370
OCLC/WorldCat
50803699
Library Thing
3099658
Goodreads
1433764

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