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Londons Noble Fire Brigades 1833 1904
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Book Synopsis London's Noble Fire Brigades, 1833-1904 by : Sally Holloway
Download or read book London's Noble Fire Brigades, 1833-1904 written by Sally Holloway and published by . This book was released on with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis London's Noble Fire Brigades, 1833-1904 by : Sally Holloway
Download or read book London's Noble Fire Brigades, 1833-1904 written by Sally Holloway and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 1973 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fighting Fires written by S. Ewen and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-11-27 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 professional ethos for municipal fire brigades.
Book Synopsis Encyclopedia of Ephemera by : Michael Twyman
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Ephemera written by Michael Twyman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-24 with total page 1322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The joy of finding an old box in the attic filled with postcards, invitations, theater programs, laundry lists, and pay stubs is discovering the stories hidden within them. The paper trails of our lives -- or ephemera -- may hold sentimental value, reminding us of great grandparents. They chronicle social history. They can be valuable as collectibles or antiques. But the greatest pleasure is that these ordinary documents can reconstruct with uncanny immediacy the drama of day-to-day life. The Encyclopedia of Ephemera is the first work of its kind, providing an unparalleled sourcebook with over 400 entries that cover all aspects of everyday documents and artifacts, from bookmarks to birth certificates to lighthouse dues papers. Continuing a tradition that started in the Victorian era, when disposable paper items such as trade cards, die-cuts and greeting cards were accumulated to paste into scrap books, expert Maurice Rickards has compiled an enormous range of paper collectibles from the obscure to the commonplace. His artifacts come from around the world and include such throw-away items as cigarette packs and crate labels as well as the ubiquitous faxes, parking tickets, and phone cards of daily life. As this major new reference shows, simple slips of paper can speak volumes about status, taste, customs, and taboos, revealing the very roots of popular culture.
Book Synopsis Professionalism, Patronage and Public Service in Victorian London by : Gloria Clifton
Download or read book Professionalism, Patronage and Public Service in Victorian London written by Gloria Clifton and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-19 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study of 19th-century local government examines the role of local government officials and the social origins of this growing bureaucracy. As the predecessor of the London County Council, the Metropolitan Board of Works was an important body and its officials formed a large and significant professional group, not hitherto studied in such depth.
Book Synopsis Cause for Alarm by : Amy S. Greenberg
Download or read book Cause for Alarm written by Amy S. Greenberg and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-14 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though central to the social, political, and cultural life of the nineteenth-century city, the urban volunteer fire department has nevertheless been largely ignored by historians. Redressing this neglect, Amy Greenberg reveals the meaning of this central institution by comparing the fire departments of Baltimore, St. Louis, and San Francisco from the late eighteenth to the mid-nineteenth century. Volunteer fire companies protected highly flammable cities from fire and provided many men with friendship, brotherhood, and a way to prove their civic virtue. While other scholars have claimed that fire companies were primarily working class, Greenberg shows that they were actually mixed social groups: merchants and working men, immigrants and native-born--all found a common identity as firemen. Cause for Alarm presents a new vision of urban culture, one defined not by class but by gender. Volunteer firefighting united men in a shared masculine celebration of strength and bravery, skill and appearance. In an otherwise alienating environment, fire companies provided men from all walks of life with status, community, and an outlet for competition, which sometimes even led to elaborate brawls. While this culture was fully respected in the early nineteenth century, changing social norms eventually demonized the firemen's vision of masculinity. Greenberg assesses the legitimacy of accusations of violence and political corruption against the firemen in each city, and places the municipalization of firefighting in the context of urban social change, new ideals of citizenship, the rapid spread of fire insurance, and new firefighting technologies. Originally published in 1998. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Book Synopsis POLITICS & PEOPLE OF LONDON by : Andrew Saint
Download or read book POLITICS & PEOPLE OF LONDON written by Andrew Saint and published by Bloomsbury Continuum. This book was released on 1989 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The London County Council, founded a hundred years ago in 1889, was crucial to the growth and development of modern London.
Download or read book The Illustrated London News written by and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Forged in Fire written by Victor Bailey and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The risks and almost casual heroism which are integral parts of the firefighters' job have not only created an intense camaraderie among the workforce but also made their union one which inspires enormous loyalty and respect. Forged in Fire tells the story of the FBU not through a traditional chronology, but through a series of interlinked essays which highlights the most fascinating aspects of the union's history. They include an account of the role played by women in the fire service and FBU during the war, an analysis of the social composition of a union once largely made up of ex-merchant seamen and an assessment of the bitter national strike in the winter of 1977-78, the only official dispute in the union's history.
Download or read book Images of Fire written by Neil Wallington and published by Trafalgar Square Publishing. This book was released on 1989 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The British Fire Mark, 1680-1879 by : Brian Wright
Download or read book The British Fire Mark, 1680-1879 written by Brian Wright and published by Simon & Schuster (UK). This book was released on 1982 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Bibliography of Printed Works on London History to 1939 by : Heather Creaton
Download or read book Bibliography of Printed Works on London History to 1939 written by Heather Creaton and published by Facet Publishing. This book was released on 1994 with total page 856 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of London is so important in national and indeed international terms, it seems extraordinary that this is the first general bibliography of the subject to appear. It contains over 22,000 selected references to books and articles on the history of London, from the Dark Ages to the beginning of the Second World War. The whole of the former GLC area plus the City is covered. Arrangement is by subject, and there is a substantial analytical index. Material for the bibliography was collected from specialist libraries all over London and beyond. It is a starting point for any enquiry about London's development over the centuries, whether from the academic historian, the amateur or the general enquirer. A supplement is planned, to cover new material on the period.
Book Synopsis Firefighters in Art and Media by : John Albert Walker
Download or read book Firefighters in Art and Media written by John Albert Walker and published by Spotlight Poets. This book was released on 2005 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Cumulative Book Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 2384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Clique written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Writer's Guide to Everyday Life in Regency and Victorian England, from 1811-1901 by : Kristine Hughes
Download or read book The Writer's Guide to Everyday Life in Regency and Victorian England, from 1811-1901 written by Kristine Hughes and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides period information on home furnishings, fashion, medicine, the courts, entertainment, shopping, travel, and etiquette.
Book Synopsis Architecture Series: Bibliography by :
Download or read book Architecture Series: Bibliography written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: