@article{438543,
      author = {Bankoff, Greg. and Lübken, Uwe. and Sand, Jordan,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/438543},
      title = {Flammable cities urban conflagration and the making of the  modern world / [electronic resource] :},
      publisher = {University of Wisconsin Press,},
      abstract = {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 cities throughout the modern world, from Europe  to the imperial colonies, major trade entrepôts, and  non-European capitals, right up to such present-day  megacities as Lagos and Jakarta. Urban fire may hinder  commerce or even spur it; it may break down or reinforce  barriers of race, class, and ethnicity; it may serve as a  pretext for state violence or provide an opportunity for  displays of state benevolence. As this volume demonstrates,  the many and varied attempts to master, marginalize, or  manipulate fire can turn a natural and human hazard into a  highly useful social and political tool.},
      recid = {438543},
      pages = {1 online resource (vii, 409 p.) :},
      address = {Madison :},
      year = {2012},
}