Fighting fires
Subtitle: creating the British fire service, 1800-1978
By: Shane Ewen.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230517103
Subjects: Fire departments -- Great Britain -- History; Fire extinction -- Great Britain -- History; Fire fighters -- Great Britain -- History
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.