The Conflagration and the City: Disaster and Progress in British North America During the Nineteenth Century

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Title
The Conflagration and the City: Disaster and Progress in British North America During the Nineteenth Century
Abstract
A study of the effects of major fire disasters on urban areas in Canada between 1816 and 1892. Included in the study is information on the serious fires in Montreal and Quebec City in the nineteenth century, the eventual establishment of professional fire departments in those two cities, and English-French differences over the issue of relief-aid to fire victims.
Publication
Histoire sociale/Social History
Volume
Vol. 13
Issue
no. 26
Pages
417-449
Date
November 1980
Language
en
URL
Citation
Weaver, John C., and Peter de Lottinville. “The Conflagration and the City: Disaster and Progress in British North America During the Nineteenth Century.” Histoire sociale/Social History Vol. 13, no. 26 (November 1980): 417–449. https://hssh.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/hssh/article/view/39513/35830.
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