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100 1 _aAlexander, Anna Rose.
245 1 0 _aCity on Fire :
_bTechnology, Social Change, and the Hazards of Progress in Mexico City, 1860-1910.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aPIttsburgh :
_bUniversity of Pittsburgh Press,
_c2016.
264 4 _c©2016.
300 _a1 online resource (237 pages)
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aHistory of the Urban Environment Series ;
_vv.66
505 0 _aIntro -- 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.
520 _aCity 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.
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aSocial medicine-Mexico.
650 0 _aSocial medicine-Mexico-Mexico City-History.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aAlexander, Anna Rose
_tCity on Fire
_dPIttsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press,c2016
_z9780822964186
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
830 0 _aHistory of the Urban Environment Series
856 4 0 _uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4669554
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