Cause for Alarm The Volunteer Fire Department in the Nineteenth-Century City |
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| Author:
| Greenberg, Amy S. |
| Series title: | Princeton Legacy Library |
| ISBN: | 978-0-691-60343-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2014 |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $39.95 |
Book Description:
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Though central to the social, political, and cultural life of the nineteenth-century city, the urban volunteer fire department has nevertheless been largely ignored by historians. Redressing this neglect, Amy Greenberg reveals the meaning of this central institution by comparing the fire departments of Baltimore, St. Louis, and San Francisco from t
Though central to the social, political, and cultural life of the nineteenth-century city, the urban volunteer fire department has nevertheless been largely ignored by historians. Redressing this neglect, Amy Greenberg reveals the meaning of this central institution by comparing the fire departments of Baltimore, St. Louis, and San Francisco from t