The Fireproof Building: Technology and Public Safety in the Nineteenth-Century American City
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From the first American attempts at fireproof construction in the 1790s to the steel and concrete high-rises of the early twentieth century, The Fireproof Building traces the development of structural fire protection in America and its important consequences for building construction as well as for the safety of cities. Urban conflagrations destroyed many downtowns in the nineteenth century. To protect their property, some owners made their buildings...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0801863112
ISBN13:9780801863110
Release Date:April 2000
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Length:328 Pages
Weight:1.25 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.4" x 9.5"
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