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_b.E285 2003
049 _aNTA
100 1 _aTebeau, Mark.
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245 1 0 _aEating smoke :
_bfire in urban America, 1800-1950 /
_cMark Tebeau.
260 _aBaltimore :
_bJohns Hopkins University Press,
_c(c)2003.
300 _a1 online resource (xi, 425 pages) :
_billustrations.
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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347 _adata file
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505 0 0 _aThe problem of fire --
_tI: Smoke --
_tWorkshops of democracy: the invention of volunteer firefighting --
_tThe business of safety: the American fire insurance industry, 800-1850 --
_tII: Fire --
_tStatistics, maps, and morals: making fire risk objective, 1850-1875 --
_tMuscle and steam: establishing municipal fire departments, 1850-1875 --
_tIII: Water --
_tDisciplining the city: everyday practice and mapping risk, 1875-1900 --
_tBecoming heroes: a new standard for urban fire safety, 1875-1900 --
_tIV: Paper --
_tConsuming safety: fire prevention and fire risk in the twentieth century --
_tEating smoke: rational heroes in the twentieth century --
_tFighting fire in postwar America.
520 0 _a"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.
530 _a2
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650 0 _aFire extinction
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
655 1 _aElectronic Books.
856 4 0 _uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=601206&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518
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_bCynthia Snell
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_dCynthia Snell