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Fighting Fires : Creating the British Fire Service, 1800-1978 /

The first full-length scholarly history of the British fire service, 1800-1978, this book scrutinizes how firemen created a professional public service incumbent upon municipal government. It examines the influence of major fires and leading personalities within the fire service in constructing a pr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ewen, Shane (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Subjects:
History.
Cultural History.
History of Britain and Ireland.
Modern History.
Social History.
World History, Global and Transnational History.
Civilization > History.
History, Modern.
Social history.
World history.
Great Britain > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:The first full-length scholarly history of the British fire service, 1800-1978, this book scrutinizes how firemen created a professional public service incumbent upon municipal government. It examines the influence of major fires and leading personalities within the fire service in constructing a professional ethos for municipal fire brigades.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (VIII, 235 pages)
ISBN:9780230248403
DOI:10.1057/9780230248403