Greg (Hrsg.) Bankoff

Flammable Cities

Urban Conflagration and the Making of the Modern World

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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 entrepots, 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… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Lubken, Uwe (Hrsg.) / Sand, Jordan (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-0-299-28384-1
EAN: 9780299283841
Produktnummer: 11510580
Verlag: University of Wisconsin Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Seitenangabe: 368 S.
Masse: H22.7 cm x B15.0 cm x D1.4 cm 564 g
Gewicht: 564
Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)

Über den Autor

Greg Bankoff is professor of history at the University of Hull, UK. Uwe Lubken is Disaster Migration project director, Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, LMU Munich. Jordan Sand is associate professor of Japanese history and culture at Georgetown University.