Eating Smoke
Fire in Urban America, 1800–1950
by Mark Tebeau
425 pages· 2003· ISBN 9780801867910
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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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