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Diane Rudnick "Dissertion on Boston and the Fire of 1872"

Table of Contents
Title Page	1
Preface	2
Table of Contents	8
List of Illustrations	10
Introduction	11
Chapter 1: The Building of Boston	16
Chapter 2: The Spirit of Boston	57
Chapter 3: The People and Government of Boston from 1822 to 1872	86
Table 1: Increase in the Population of Boston and Selected Cities	100
Chapter 4: Boston, the Frequent Pheonix	106
Chapter 5: Fire Protection in Ninteenth Century Boston	120
Chapter 6: It couldn't happen here	140
Chapter 7: The War-dance of the Fire Fiends	156
Chapter 8: First Responses	185
Chapter 9: Of Comparatively Small Importance	236
Chapter 10: Excercises in Futility: People and Politics	271
Chapter 11: Reorganization fo the Fire Department	309
Chapter 12: Building Codes and Related Matters	342
Chapter 13: Rebuilding the Burnt District: The Lost Opportunity	381
Chapter 14: Post Mortem: A Failure of Nerve	430
Appendix 1: Comparison of Fire Departments of Major U.S. Cities in 1872	463
Appendix 2: Comparison of Fire Departments of Three Major U.S. Cities	464
Appendix 3: Changes in the Distribution Pipe of the Water System in 1874	465
Appendix 4: Fire Loss Statistics of U.S. Cities of 500,000 Population	466
Appendix 5: Fire Losses of Large Cities in the U.S. from 1923 - 1927	467
Bibliography and Sources Consulted	468
Vita: About the Author	482

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