Keepers of the flame : the role of fire in American culture, 1775-1925 /
"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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| Language: | English |
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Princeton, New Jersey :
Princeton University Press,
1992
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| Series: | Princeton legacy library
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