9780822964186-082296418X-City on Fire: Technology, Social Change, and the Hazards of Progress in Mexico City, 1860-1910 (Pittsburgh Hist Urban Environ)

City on Fire: Technology, Social Change, and the Hazards of Progress in Mexico City, 1860-1910 (Pittsburgh Hist Urban Environ)

ISBN-13: 9780822964186
ISBN-10: 082296418X
Edition: 1
Author: Anna Rose Alexander
Publication date: 2016
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Format: Paperback 216 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780822964186
ISBN-10: 082296418X
Edition: 1
Author: Anna Rose Alexander
Publication date: 2016
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Format: Paperback 216 pages

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City on Fire: Technology, Social Change, and the Hazards of Progress in Mexico City, 1860-1910 (Pittsburgh Hist Urban Environ) (ISBN-13: 9780822964186 and ISBN-10: 082296418X), written by authors Anna Rose Alexander, was published by University of Pittsburgh Press in 2016. With an overall rating of 4.3 stars, it's a notable title among other Mexico (Americas History, Historical Study & Educational Resources, Engineering, Social Aspects, Technology) books. You can easily purchase or rent City on Fire: Technology, Social Change, and the Hazards of Progress in Mexico City, 1860-1910 (Pittsburgh Hist Urban Environ) (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Mexico books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.52.

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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 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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