Alexander, Anna Rose. <br/><br/>
City on Fire :  Technology, Social Change, and the Hazards of Progress in Mexico City, 1860-1910. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (237 pages) 
 - History of the Urban Environment Series ;  v.66 .
 - History of the Urban Environment Series .
<br/><br/>Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Modernity and Its Accidents -- Chapter One. Fighting Fire, Fighting Fear -- Chapter Two. Science of Regulation -- Chapter Three. Controlling the Flames-The Fire Brigade -- Chapter Four. Engineering Safety -- Chapter Five. Inventing Protection -- Chapter Six. Insuring Progress -- Chapter Seven. Healing the Hazardous City -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index. 
<br/><br/> City on Fire is a chronicle of progress and danger, that integrates urban environmental history with histories of technology, science, and medicine to reveal how Mexico City changed in response to the growing threat of fire in the urban center. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780822981466 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social medicine-Mexico.<br/>Social medicine-Mexico-Mexico City-History.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HN120 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.0972/53