Flammable cities [electronic resource] : urban conflagration and the making of the modern world / edited by Greg Bankoff, Uwe Lübken, Jordan Sand.
Bankoff, Greg.; Lübken, Uwe.; Sand, Jordan, 1960-
2012
TH9448 .F59 2012eb
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Title Flammable cities [electronic resource] : urban conflagration and the making of the modern world / edited by Greg Bankoff, Uwe Lübken, Jordan Sand.
ISBN 9780299283834 (electronic book)
9780299283841
0299283844
Imprint Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, 2012.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (vii, 409 p.) : ill., maps.
Call Number TH9448 .F59 2012eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 363.3709
Summary 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.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description Description based on print version record.
Added Author Bankoff, Greg.
Lübken, Uwe.
Sand, Jordan, 1960-
Available in Other Form Flammable cities.
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pt. 1. Cities as fire regimes
pt. 2. Fire as risk and as a catalyst of change
pt. 3. The politics of fire.

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