- Hardcover: 440 pages
- Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press (16 Oct 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0801867916
- ISBN-13: 978-0801867910
- Product Dimensions: 24.7 x 16.2 x 3.4 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,877,799 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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For the true story of the heroic firefighter's role in urban America, turn to Tebeau's investigative account.
(University of Chicago Magazine 2004)Tebeau develops an interwoven story of gender, class, culture, and technology: contrasting the heroics of working-class firefighters with the rational order of middle-class fire underwriters... An engaging narrative and a fascinating story make this book a rare pleasure—both an academic monograph and a good read.
(Dalit Baranoff EH.Net 2004)Emblazed against a historic backdrop of 150 years, Eating Smoke chronicles the parallel development of US firefighting forces and the fire insurance industry.
(Choice 2004)In his ambitious and detailed new book, Eating Smoke, Tebeau sets out to explain the role of two largely undocumented actors—firemen and insurance men—in analyzing, managing, and attacking urban fire... Tebeau's study vigorously opens the way for scholars looking to make sense of the city in the midst of an era of uncertainty and risk.
(Scott Gabriel Knowles Enterprise and Society 2004)A rich and highly informative work that deftly uses the 'problem' of urban fire to cast light on a wide array of turn-of-the-century transformations.
(American Historical Review )Review
Tebeau has interwoven two stories. One charts the changes in firefighting from voluntary organizations to rationalized municipal services; the other moves the fire insurance industry from a focus on observation, to quantification, to prevention of urban fires. Eating Smoke addresses a diverse literature on masculinity, consumerism, and urban and reform history.
(Angel Kwolek-Folland, University of Florida 2005)
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Shortly after I A.M. on August 10, 1887, clanging alarm bells roused the men of St. Louis's Hook and Ladder Company No. 6, led by foreman Christian Hoell. Read the first page
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Shortly after I A.M. on August 10, 1887, clanging alarm bells roused the men of St. Louis's Hook and Ladder Company No. 6, led by foreman Christian Hoell. Read the first page
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