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Bruce Hensler
Urban conflagrations, such as the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 and the Great Boston Fire the following year, terrorized the citizens of nineteenth-century American cities. However, urban rebirth in the aftermath of great fires offered a chance to shape
Autor:
Brian Martin
At six-feet-six, the hulking Martin Leo Boutilier (1872-1944) was hard to miss. Yet the many books written about Babe Ruth relegate the soft-spoken teacher and coach to the shadows. Ruth credited Boutilier--known as Brother Matthias in the Congregati
Heroes and heroic discourse have gained new visibility in the twenty-first century. This is noted in recent research on the heroic, but it has been largely ignored that heroism is increasingly a global phenomenon both in terms of production and consu
Autor:
Brown, David M., Wereschagin, Michael
At 3:17 p.m. on March 18, 1937, a natural gas leak beneath the London Junior-Senior High School in the oil boomtown of New London, Texas, created a lethal mixture of gas and oxygen in the school's basement. The odorless, colorless gas went undetected
Autor:
Jeff Wilser
A revealing guide to a career as a firefighter written by acclaimed author Jeff Wilser and based on the real-life experiences of the heroes of the St. Louis fire department—required reading for anyone considering a path to this profession.Becoming
Autor:
Pedro M. Arezes, Ronald L. Boring
This book provides readers with a timely snapshot of research and developments relating to human reliability, performance and safety analysis, and human error, risk and safety management in various industrial contexts, such as manufacturing, transpor
Autor:
Jason B. Loyd, James D. Richardson
This is the eBook of the printed book and may not include any media, website access codes, or print supplements that may come packaged with the bound book. A comprehensive look at firefighting, through the ages.Fundamentals of Fire and Emergency Serv
Autor:
Wolfgang Hochbruck
Feuerwehrleute scheinen selbstverständlich Helden zu sein - sie retten, löschen und bergen, sind selbstlos und mutig. Die Kulturgeschichte zeichnet ein differenzierteres Bild, das weniger mythisches Heldentum zelebriert als Einsatz für die demokra
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Simon Wendt
Wurden Kriegshelden, politische Führerhelden und Superhelden zum Thema unzähliger Studien, hat sich die Forschung bisher kaum mit der Heroisierung gewöhnlicher Menschen auseinandergesetzt. Das Buch schließt diese Forschungslücke am Beispiel der