City on Fire: Technology, Social Change, and the Hazards of Progress in Mexico City, 1860-1910
(Part of the History of the Urban Environment Series)
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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...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:082296418X
ISBN13:9780822964186
Release Date:May 2016
Publisher:University of Pittsburgh Press
Length:216 Pages
Weight:0.85 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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