S. Ewen

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Fighting Fires (eBook, PDF)

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.

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• Größe: 1.32MB

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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 UK
• Seitenzahl: 235
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. November 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780230248403
• Artikelnr.: 45963002