Keepers of the Flame: The Role of Fire in American Culture, 1775-1925 - Couverture rigide

Hazen, Robert M.; Hazen, Margaret Hindle

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0691048096 ISBN 13 : 9780691048093

Editeur : Princeton University Press, 1992

Synopsis

"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 19th century fire had become America's motif - for good and for ill. The saying "keeping the flame" was deadly serious: even the slightest lapse of attention could convert a fire from friendly ally to ravaging destroyer. To examine the cultural context of fire in "combustible America", Margaret Hazen and Robert Hazen gather more than a 100 illustrations, together with anecdotes and information from original sources, including newspapers, diaries, company records, popular fiction, art and music. What results is an immensely entertaining and encyclopaedic history that ranges from stories of the tragic "great fires" of the century to fire imagery in folktales and popular literature.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Princeton University Press
• Date d'édition: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0691048096
• ISBN 13: 9780691048093
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 300
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Princeton University Press; https://press.princeton.edu/books; ; 7th Floor, New South Building; PRINCETON; NJ; 8544; Etats-Unis
• Personne responsable: non disponible