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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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.
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