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Fighting Fires: Creating the British Fire Service, 1800–1978 de S. Ewen

Fighting Fires: Creating the British Fire Service, 1800–1978

Autor S. Ewen
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 27 noi 2009
The first full-length scholarly history of the British fire service, 1800-1978, this book scrutinizes how firemen created a professional public service incumbent upon municipal government. It examines the influence of major fires and leading personalities within the fire service in constructing a professional ethos for municipal fire brigades.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781349354924
ISBN-10: 1349354929
Pagini: 243
Ilustrații: VIII, 235 p. 2 illus.
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2010
Editura: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Cuprins

List of Tables Acknowledgements Introduction Governing Fire Protection: The Origins of Municipal Fire Brigades, c.1800-38 Constructing Modern Fire Brigades: The Edinburgh 'Great Fire' of 1824 Controlling Fire: The Politics of Water and Steam Technology, c.1833-80 Firemen as Workers and Heroes: Working for Victorian Municipal Fire Brigades, c.1861-1900 Building a Professional Fire Service: The Rise of the Chief Fire Officer, C.1879-1914 Rational Reform in an Age of War: Creating a Modern Fire Service, 1914-38 From Braidwood to Braidy: A National Fire Service, 1941-7 From Fighting Fires to Fighting Firemen: A Fractured Fire Service, 1947-78 Conclusion. The British Fire Service in Comparative Context Notes Select Bibliography

Notă biografică

SHANE EWEN is Senior Lecturer in Social and Cultural History at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK. He is joint editor, with Pierre-Yves Saunier, of Another Global City: Historical Explorations into the Transnational Municipal Moment, 1850-2000.