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"Brilliant and deeply honest. A head-on look at race, gender, and work practices that reveal the depth of resistance confronting women of all colors who work in ultra-male environments. The text has the painful but compelling ring of truth; it is an elegant and powerful use of ethnography in the service of social policy research. --Carol Stack ""author of Call to Home and All Our Kin, professor of women's studies, University of California, Berk"" The observations and stories revealed in this book are seldom heard by the chief administrator in an organization until it is too late. Ms. Chetkovich's book is an inside observation of the work group culture of the urban fire service that can assist the fire professional in focusing in on specific issues of diversity. Real Heat should be required reading for all new recruits and every fire officer involved in training, evaluating, or supervising entry-level and probationary firefighters. --Manuel Navarro ""Fire Chief, Colorado Springs, Colorado"""

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Carol Chetkovich is an assitant professor of public policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. 

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