An edition of Eating Smoke
(2003)
Eating Smoke
Fire in Urban America, 1800-1950
by Mark Tebeau
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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.
Publish Date
October 16, 2003
Publisher
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Language
English
Pages
440
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Fire extinction, history, Fire extinction, History| Edition | Availability |
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Eating Smoke: Fire in Urban America, 1800-1950
2012, Johns Hopkins University Press
in English
1421412500 9781421412504
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Eating Smoke: Fire in Urban America, 1800-1950
2012, Johns Hopkins University Press
in English
1421407620 9781421407623
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Eating Smoke: Fire in Urban America, 1800-1950
October 16, 2003, The Johns Hopkins University Press
Hardcover
in English
0801867916 9780801867910
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Book Details
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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