Fire : a brief history /
"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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Seattle :
University of Washington Press,
©2001.
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| Series: | Pyne, Stephen J., 1949- Cycle of fire.
Weyerhaeuser environmental book. |
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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.