Fighting the Flames: A Modern History of the British Fire Service

by Shane Ewen

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Examines the history of the British fire service from 1800-1980, embracing certain key themes of modern British history: the impact of industrial change on urban development, the effect of disaster on political reform, the growth of the state, and the relationship between masculinity and trade unionism in creating a professional identity.

Hardcover, 224 pages

Published January 15th 2010 by Palgrave Macmillan (first published November 10th 2009)

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