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City on fire : technology, social change, and the hazards of progress in Mexico City, 1860-1910 / Anna Rose Alexander

Alexander, Anna Rose

Project Muse

Pittsburgh, Pa : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2016

Online Ressource

Englisch

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-218). - Print version record

978-0-8229-8146-6 ; 0-8229-8146-7

0-8229-8146-7 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 0-8229-6418-X (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-0-8229-8146-6 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-0-8229-6418-6 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

OCoLC: 951807414 (aus SWB)     

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang über Aggregator-Datenbank (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

TH9449.M(Mexico City)

306.097253 ; 306.0972/53     Ähnliche Literatur

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LOC-SH: Social medicine -- History -- Mexico -- Mexico City ; Science -- Social aspects -- History -- Mexico -- Mexico City ; Technology -- Social aspects -- History -- Mexico -- Mexico City ; Urban ecology (Sociology) -- History -- Mexico -- Mexico City ; Social change -- History -- Mexico -- Mexico City ; City and town life -- History -- Mexico -- Mexico City ; Fire prevention -- History -- Mexico -- Mexico City ; Fires -- Social aspects -- History -- Mexico -- Mexico City ; Mexico City (Mexico) -- Economic conditions ; Mexico City (Mexico) -- Social conditions -- Mexico -- Mexico City ; Science -- Social aspects -- Mexico -- Mexico City -- History ; Technology -- Social aspects -- Mexico -- Mexico City -- History ; Urban ecology (Sociology) -- Mexico -- Mexico City -- History ; Social change -- Mexico -- Mexico City -- History ; City and town life -- Mexico -- Mexico City -- History ; Fire prevention -- Mexico -- Mexico City -- History ; Fires -- Social aspects -- Mexico -- Mexico City -- History ; Mexico City (Mexico) -- Social conditions ; Mexico City (Mexico) -- Economic conditions ; Social medicine -- Mexico -- Mexico City -- History ; Technology -- Social aspects -- Mexico -- Mexico City -- History ; Urban ecology (Sociology) -- Mexico -- Mexico City -- History ; Social change -- Mexico -- Mexico City -- History ; City and town life -- Mexico -- Mexico City -- History ; Fire prevention -- Mexico -- Mexico City -- History ; Fires -- Social aspects -- Mexico -- Mexico City -- History ; Mexico City (Mexico) -- Social conditions ; Mexico City (Mexico) -- Economic conditions ; Science -- Social aspects -- Mexico -- Mexico City -- History ; Social medicine -- Mexico -- Mexico City -- History ; Electronic book

Electronic books / History ; Mexico ; Mexico City ; HISTORY ; General ; City and town life ; Economic history ; Fire prevention ; Fires ; Social aspects ; Science ; Social aspects ; Social change ; Social conditions ; Social medicine ; Technology ; Social aspects ; Urban ecology (Sociology) ; HISTORY ; Latin America ; Mexico ; History

"By the mid-nineteenth century, efforts to modernize and industrialize Mexico City had the unintended consequence of exponentially increasing the risk of fire while also breeding a culture of fear. Through an array of archival sources, Anna Rose Alexander argues that fire became a catalyst for social change, as residents mobilized to confront the problem. Advances in engineering and medicine soon fostered the rise of distinct fields of fire-related expertise while conversely, the rise of fire-profiteering industries allowed entrepreneurs to capitalize on crisis. City on Fire demonstrates that both public and private engagements with fire risk highlight the inequalities that characterized Mexican society at the turn of the twentieth century"--

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"City on Fire is a chronicle of progress and danger, that integrates urban environmental history with histories of technology, science, and medicine to reveal how Mexico City changed in response to the growing threat of fire in the urban center"--