Awful splendour : a fire history of Canada / Stephen J. Pyne ; foreword by Graeme Wynn.

"Fire is a defining element in Canadian land and life. With few exceptions, Canada's forests and prairies have evolved with fire. Its peoples have exploited fire and sought to protect themselves from its excesses, and since Confederation, the country has devised various institutions to con...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pyne, Stephen J., 1949-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Vancouver : UBC Press, 2007.
Series:Nature, history, society.
Subjects:
Online Access:Click for online access

MARC

LEADER 00000cam a2200000 a 4500
001 ocn614502999
003 OCoLC
005 20241120213016.0
006 m o d
007 cr cn|||||||||
008 070619s2007 bccab ob 001 0 eng d
040 |a CaPaEBR  |b eng  |e pn  |c ADU  |d E7B  |d OCLCQ  |d GPRCL  |d CUS  |d CELBN  |d FXR  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCF  |d DKDLA  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCO  |d N$T  |d IDEBK  |d YDXCP  |d OCLCQ  |d WAU  |d OCLCQ  |d EBLCP  |d DEBSZ  |d OCLCQ  |d AZK  |d YDX  |d OCLCO  |d LOA  |d OCLCA  |d COCUF  |d OCLCA  |d OCLCQ  |d MOR  |d PIFBR  |d OTZ  |d ZCU  |d OCLCQ  |d MERUC  |d OCLCQ  |d U3W  |d STF  |d UAB  |d WRM  |d OCLCQ  |d NRAMU  |d ICG  |d VT2  |d OCLCQ  |d UWW  |d WYU  |d YOU  |d AGLDB  |d OCLCQ  |d W2U  |d DKC  |d OCLCQ  |d HS0  |d OCLCQ  |d UKCRE  |d VLY  |d OCLCA  |d K6U  |d OCLCO  |d SFB  |d INARC  |d OCL  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCO  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCL  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCL  |d OCLCQ 
019 |a 236364448  |a 325462269  |a 646750554  |a 667104671  |a 708579504  |a 752434338  |a 767838471  |a 816386427  |a 889379331  |a 923447324  |a 961532346  |a 962675589  |a 965342430  |a 965991755  |a 988503369  |a 992068684  |a 1037901248  |a 1038635635  |a 1045513888  |a 1055360725  |a 1057436208  |a 1066684000  |a 1081199139  |a 1087364857  |a 1109216107  |a 1153488174  |a 1162192416  |a 1191842316  |a 1227640374  |a 1228586166  |a 1245678794 
020 |a 9780774855853  |q (electronic bk.) 
020 |a 0774855851  |q (electronic bk.) 
020 |a 9780774813921  |q (electronic bk.) 
020 |a 077481392X  |q (electronic bk.) 
020 |a 1282593579 
020 |a 9781282593572 
020 |a 9786612593574 
020 |a 6612593571 
020 |z 9780774813914 
020 |z 0774813911 
035 |a (OCoLC)614502999  |z (OCoLC)236364448  |z (OCoLC)325462269  |z (OCoLC)646750554  |z (OCoLC)667104671  |z (OCoLC)708579504  |z (OCoLC)752434338  |z (OCoLC)767838471  |z (OCoLC)816386427  |z (OCoLC)889379331  |z (OCoLC)923447324  |z (OCoLC)961532346  |z (OCoLC)962675589  |z (OCoLC)965342430  |z (OCoLC)965991755  |z (OCoLC)988503369  |z (OCoLC)992068684  |z (OCoLC)1037901248  |z (OCoLC)1038635635  |z (OCoLC)1045513888  |z (OCoLC)1055360725  |z (OCoLC)1057436208  |z (OCoLC)1066684000  |z (OCoLC)1081199139  |z (OCoLC)1087364857  |z (OCoLC)1109216107  |z (OCoLC)1153488174  |z (OCoLC)1162192416  |z (OCoLC)1191842316  |z (OCoLC)1227640374  |z (OCoLC)1228586166  |z (OCoLC)1245678794 
043 |a n-cn--- 
050 4 |a SD421.34.C2  |b P96 2007eb 
055 8 |a SD421.34 C3  |b P95 2007 
055 8 |a SD421 .34 C3  |b P96 2007 
072 7 |a NAT  |x 010000  |2 bisacsh 
072 7 |a NAT  |x 045040  |2 bisacsh 
072 7 |a SCI  |x 026000  |2 bisacsh 
072 7 |a SCI  |x 020000  |2 bisacsh 
072 7 |a JBWF, RNPG  |2 bicssc 
049 |a HCDD 
100 1 |a Pyne, Stephen J.,  |d 1949-  |1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJdmmrkx7rYM4Rk6yXpHG3 
245 1 0 |a Awful splendour :  |b a fire history of Canada /  |c Stephen J. Pyne ; foreword by Graeme Wynn. 
246 3 |a Awful splendor, a fire history of Canada 
260 |a Vancouver :  |b UBC Press,  |c 2007. 
300 |a 1 online resource (xxix, 549 pages) :  |b illustrations, maps. 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a computer  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a online resource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
347 |a data file 
386 |a Fire historians  |2 lcdgt 
386 |a University and college faculty members  |2 lcdgt 
386 |a Arizonans  |2 lcdgt 
386 |a Men  |2 lcdgt 
490 1 |a Nature, history, society,  |x 1713-6687 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
588 0 |a Print version record. 
505 0 |a ""Contents""; ""Figures""; ""Foreword: Mon pays câ€?est le feu""; ""Authorâ€?s Note: A Boreal Burning Bush""; ""Prologue: White Canada""; ""Book 1: Torch""; ""Kindling""; ""Fire Rings of Indigenous Canada""; ""Fire and Frost: Tundra""; ""Fire and Water: Boreal Forest""; ""Fire and Grass, Fire and Leaf: Great Plains Prairies and Great Lakes Forests""; ""Fire on the Hills, Fire on the Mountains: Acadian Woods and Cordilleran Forests""; ""Fire and Fog: The Incombustible Fringe""; ""Tongues of Fire: Black Spruce and High Plains""; ""Conflagration and Complex""; ""Book 2: Axe""; ""Creating Fuel"" 
505 8 |a ""Fire Frontiers of Imperial Canada""""New Found Land""; ""Acadia""; ""The Canadas""; ""Far Countries""; ""With Fire in Their Eyes: Gabriel Sagard and Henry Hind""; """"Burning Most Furiouslyâ€?""; ""Book 3: Engine""; ""Containing Combustion""; ""Reconnaissance by Fire: Robert Bell and Bernhard Fernow""; ""Fire Provinces of Industrial Canada""; ""Dominion of Fire: Canadaâ€?s Quest for Fire Conservancy""; ""Sea and Shield: Fire Provinces of Eastern Canada""; ""Fireâ€?s Lesser Dominion""; ""Tracer Index: James G. Wright and Herbert W. Beall"" 
505 8 |a ""Plain and Mountain: Fire Provinces of Western Canada""""Prosperity and Peril""; ""Two Solitudes: C.E. Van Wagner and Donald Stedman""; ""Revanchism and Federalism""; ""Fireâ€?s Outer Limits: Fire Provinces on the Fringe""; ""Internal Combustions""; ""Epilogue: Green Canada""; ""Continental Drift and Global Warming""; ""Fire Geography of Green Canada""; ""Slow Burns, Fast Flames""; ""Fire and Ice""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliographic Essay""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U"" 
505 8 |a Vw -- y -- z 
520 1 |a "Fire is a defining element in Canadian land and life. With few exceptions, Canada's forests and prairies have evolved with fire. Its peoples have exploited fire and sought to protect themselves from its excesses, and since Confederation, the country has devised various institutions to connect fire and society. The choices Canadians have made say a great deal about their national character. Awful Splendour narrates the history of this grand saga"--Jacket 
546 |a English. 
650 0 |a Wildfires  |z Canada  |x History. 
650 0 |a Fires  |z Canada  |x History. 
650 0 |a Fire ecology  |z Canada  |x History. 
650 0 |a Wildfires  |x Prevention and control  |x Government policy  |z Canada. 
650 7 |a NATURE  |x Ecology.  |2 bisacsh 
650 7 |a NATURE  |x Ecosystems & Habitats  |x Wilderness.  |2 bisacsh 
650 7 |a SCIENCE  |x Environmental Science.  |2 bisacsh 
650 7 |a SCIENCE  |x Life Sciences  |x Ecology.  |2 bisacsh 
650 7 |a Wildfires  |x Prevention and control  |x Government policy  |2 fast 
650 7 |a Fire ecology  |2 fast 
650 7 |a Fires  |2 fast 
650 7 |a Wildfires  |2 fast 
651 7 |a Canada  |2 fast  |1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJkMHVW4rfVXPrhVP4VwG3 
650 7 |a Waldbrand  |2 gnd 
650 7 |a Brandbekämpfung  |2 gnd 
650 7 |a Feuerökologie  |2 gnd 
650 7 |a Brandkatastrophe  |2 gnd 
650 7 |a Wildnis  |2 gnd 
650 7 |a Umweltpolitik  |2 gnd 
651 7 |a Kanada  |2 gnd 
655 7 |a History  |2 fast 
776 0 8 |i Print version:  |a Pyne, Stephen J., 1949-  |t Awful splendour.  |d Vancouver, [B.C.] : UBC Press, [2008], ©2007  |z 9780774813921  |w (OCoLC)256944415 
830 0 |a Nature, history, society.  |x 1713-6687 
856 4 0 |u https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/holycrosscollege-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3412562  |y Click for online access 
903 |a EBC-AC 
994 |a 92  |b HCD