Fire : a brief history

Fire : a brief history / Stephen J. Pyne ; foreword by William Cronon.

"Here, in one 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 t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pyne, Stephen J., 1949-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, ©2001.
Series:Pyne, Stephen J., 1949- Cycle of fire.
Weyerhaeuser environmental book.
Subjects:
Geschichte.
Fire > History.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Geography.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Forestry.
Fire
Feuerkult
Feuerökologie
Feuer
History
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Fire and Earth : creating combustion
  • 2. Frontiers of fire (part 1) : fire colonizing by hominids
  • 3. Aboriginal fire : controlling the spark
  • 4. Agricultural fire : cultivating fuel
  • 5. Frontiers of fire (part 2) : fire colonizing by agriculture
  • 6. Urban fire : building habitats for fire
  • 7. Pyrotechnics : fire and technology
  • 8. Frontiers of fire (part 3) : fire colonizing by Europe
  • 9. Industrial fire : stoking the big burn
  • 10. The future of fire : burning beyond the millennium.

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