Keepers of the Flame : : The Role of Fire in American Culture, 1775-1925 / / Margaret Hindle Hazen, Robert M. Hazen.
"For, Lo! We live in an Iron Age--In the age of Steam and Fire!" wrote a poet mesmerized by the engines that were transforming American transportation, agriculture, and industry during his lifetime. Indeed, by the nineteenth century fire had become America's leitmotif--for good and fo...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014] ©1992 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Edition: | Course Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (292 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter I. Heritage of Hame
- Chapter 2. Good Servant
- Chapter 3. Bad Master
- Chapter 4. Fighting Back
- Chapter 5. Keep the Home Fires Burning: Fire Tending and Maintenance
- Chapter 6. Understanding Fire
- Chapter 7. Perpetuating the Flame
- Chapter 8. Epilogue
- Notes
- Index