Flammable cities : urban conflagration and the making of the modern world / edited by Greg Bankoff, Uwe Lübken, Jordan Sand.

In most cities today, fire has been reduced to a sporadic and isolated threat. But throughout history the constant risk of fire has left a deep and lasting imprint on almost every dimension of urban society. This volume, the first truly global study of urban conflagration, shows how fire has shaped...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors:	Bankoff, Greg, Lübken, Uwe, Sand, Jordan, 1960-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, 2012.
Subjects:	Fires. Fires > History. History.