Real Heat: Gender and Race in the Urban Fire Service

by Carol Chetkovich

Book Overview

In the struggle over affirmative action, no employment setting has seen more friction than urban fire departments. Thirty years of legal and political efforts have opened the doors of this historically white male preserve, but men of color have yet to consolidate their gains, and women's progress has been even more tenuous. In this unique and compelling account of affirmative action at the "street level," Carol Chetkovich explores the ways in which...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813524105
• ISBN13: 9780813524108
• Release Date: May 1997
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Fire Book

This was a great book. I learned a lot about what San Fransisco Female Firefighters go through. Very inspiring!