Fighting fires
Subtitle: creating the British fire service, 1800-1978
By: Shane Ewen
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Basingstoke, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9780230517103
Description: "Examines the history of the British fire service from 1800-1980, embracing certain key themes of modern British history: the impact of industrial change on urban development, the effect of disaster on political reform, the growth of the state, and the relationship between masculinity and trade unionism in creating a professional identity"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.