De-Coding the “Fire-Escape”: Safeguarding Health, Safety, and Welfare in Nineteenth-century America

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May 01 2023 De-Coding the “Fire-Escape”: Safeguarding Health, Safety, and Welfare in Nineteenth-century America Iman Ansari Iman Ansari Iman Ansari is an architectural historian, designer, and educator. His research focuses on architecture's interactions with science, technology, and medicine in the modern era, looking at the history of building technologies, construction practices, and systems of environmental control. Ansari is a founding principal of AN. ONYMOUS and Assistant Professor of Architecture at the Ohio State University. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Iman Ansari Iman Ansari is an architectural historian, designer, and educator. His research focuses on architecture's interactions with science, technology, and medicine in the modern era, looking at the history of building technologies, construction practices, and systems of environmental control. Ansari is a founding principal of AN. ONYMOUS and Assistant Professor of Architecture at the Ohio State University. Online ISSN: 2572-7338 Print ISSN: 1091-711X © 2023 Iman Ansari2023Iman Ansari Thresholds (2023) (51): 230–245. https://doi.org/10.1162/thld_a_00784 Cite Icon Cite Permissions Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Search Site Citation Iman Ansari; De-Coding the “Fire-Escape”: Safeguarding Health, Safety, and Welfare in Nineteenth-century America. Thresholds 2023; (51): 230–245. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/thld_a_00784 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll JournalsThresholds Search Advanced Search This content is only available as a PDF. © 2023 Iman Ansari2023Iman Ansari Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.