Fire: A Brief History (Cycle of Fire) (Hardback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Fire A noted environmental historian describes the evolution of fire through prehistoric and historic times down to the present, examining contemporary attitudes from a long-range, informed perspective.
Full description- Publisher: University of Washington Press
- Published: 01 October 2001
- Format: Hardback 224 pages
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- Categories: Physical Anthropology & Ethnography | Conservation Of The Environment | Environmental Science, Engineering & Technology | Forestry & Silviculture: Practice & Techniques | Classical History / Classical Civilisation
- ISBN 13: 9780295981444 ISBN 10: 029598144X
- Sales rank: 1,057,657
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"The fate of humanity, like the fate of the earth, is tied to the fires that have made the world as we know it--the fires whose history is told as well in this book as it has ever been told before. If one wants to understand just how completely the story of the human past is also the story of fire on earth, there is no better place to start than this small book."--William CrononHere, in one concise book, is the essential story of fire. Noted environmental historian Stephen J. Pyne describes the evolution of fire through prehistoric and historic times down to the present, examining contemporary attitudes from a long-range, informed perspective. "Fire: A Brief History" surveys the principles behind aboriginal and agricultural fire practices, the characteristics of urban fire, and the relationship between controlled combustion and technology. Pyne describes how fire's role in cities, suburbs, exurbs, and wildlands has been shaped by an industrialized, urban way of thinking. "Fire: A Brief History" will be of value to readers interested in the environment from the standpoint of anthropology, geography, forestry, science and technology, history, or the humanities.
