S. Ewen

Gebundenes Buch

Fighting Fires

Creating the British Fire Service, 1800-1978

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-230-51710-3
• 2010
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. November 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 436g
• ISBN-13: 9780230517103
• ISBN-10: 0230517102
• Artikelnr.: 26569843