City on Fire: Technology, Social Change, and the Hazards of Progress in Mexico City, 1860-1910 (2016)
Anna Rose Alexander (Author)
University of Pittsburgh Press
Physical Details: 216 pp.
Language: English
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.
...MoreReview Mark Overmyer-Velázquez (2017) Review of "City on Fire: Technology, Social Change, and the Hazards of Progress in Mexico City, 1860-1910". American Historical Review (pp. 890-891).
Review Mark Overmyer-Velázquez (2017) Review of "City on Fire: Technology, Social Change, and the Hazards of Progress in Mexico City, 1860-1910". American Historical Review (pp. 890-891).
Review Amanda M. López (2018) Review of "City on Fire: Technology, Social Change, and the Hazards of Progress in Mexico City, 1860-1910". Environmental History (pp. 872-874).
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