CHAPTER ONE. Paying Tribute

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1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. LIST OF TABLES, FIGURES, AND MAPS vii
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
5. INTRODUCTION. Beginning at the Wake 3
6. CHAPTER ONE. Paying Tribute 18
7. CHAPTERTWO. Manly Boys and Chaste Fire Engines: The Culture of the Volunteer Fire Department 41
8. CHAPTER THREE. Fights/Fires: A Glance at Violent Firemen 80
9. CHAPTER FOUR. Smoke-Filled Rooms: Volunteer Firemen and Political Culture 109
10. CHAPTER FIVE. Insuring Protection: Fire Insurance and the Era of the Steam Engine 125
11. CHAPTER SIX. Deluged and Disgraced 152
12. CONCLUSION. One Last Eulogy 163
13. APPENDIX. Occupational Scale Used for Quantitative Analysis 167
14. NOTES 169
15. Bibliography 207
16. Index 223