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Fire: Nature and Culture
Stephen J Pyne
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Description for Fire: Nature and Culture
Paperback. Fire has been an integral feature of our planet for over 400 million years. Throughout history, we have mastered the science and art of fire, but there have been many culturally defining fire disasters going back to antiquity. In this book, the author offers a survey of fire's long coevolution with humanity. Series: Earth. Num Pages: 224 pages, 100 black & white illustrations, 60 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: WNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 211 x 15. Weight in Grams: 454.
Fire has been an integral feature of our planet for over 400 million years. It has defined human culture from the beginning; it is something without which we cannot survive. While among the most destructive forces on Earth, fire displays equally tremendous powers of cleansing and renewal. Whether hunting, foraging, farming, herding, building towns or managing nature reserves, fire has been at the core of most human endeavours. With the means to make fire, as origin myths attest, humanity diverged from the rest of creation, and began reshaping the world for its own benefit. Aboriginal societies relied on the control ... Read more
Fire has been an integral feature of our planet for over 400 million years. It has defined human culture from the beginning; it is something without which we cannot survive. While among the most destructive forces on Earth, fire displays equally tremendous powers of cleansing and renewal. Whether hunting, foraging, farming, herding, building towns or managing nature reserves, fire has been at the core of most human endeavours. With the means to make fire, as origin myths attest, humanity diverged from the rest of creation, and began reshaping the world for its own benefit. Aboriginal societies relied on the control ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
Earth
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780230467
SKU
V9781780230467
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Ref
99-15
About Stephen J Pyne
Stephen J. Pyne is a Regent's Professor of Environmental History in the School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University. He is the world's leading fire historian and author of many books on the subject of fire, including Fire: A Brief History and Vestal Fire: a Fire History of Europe.
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