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On the fireline
living and dying with wildland firefighters
By Desmond, Matthew
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-22614-408-5
- Publisher
- Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press ; c2007.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on November 1, 2007
Desmond, a doctoral student in sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, served on a wild land firefighting crew from 1999 to 2003, an experience that forms the basis for this examination of why people risk their lives fighting fires. Desmond uses sociological theories on risk taking, male bonding, and bureaucracy to understand why individuals select this j...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
