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10%OFFStephen J. Pyne - World Fire: The Culture of Fire on Earth - 9780295975931 - V9780295975931
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World Fire: The Culture of Fire on Earth

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Description for World Fire: The Culture of Fire on Earth Paperback. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 408 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 608.

Back in PrintWorld Fire is the story of how fire and humans have coevolved. The two are inseparable, and together they have repeatedly remade the planet.“Pyne considers the evolution of fire in such diverse regions as Australia, Africa, Brazil, Sweden, Greece, Iberia, Russia, and India and then ponders Antarctica, the land without fire. As he examines changing techniques for and attitudes toward fire control, Pyne challenges our concepts of nature and wilderness and explains why the study and management of fire have tremendous environmental, cultural, and political implications.”—Booklist“A sweeping historical treatise that examines our world’s love/hate relationship with conflagration. His ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
Series
Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
Seattle, United States
ISBN
9780295975931
SKU
V9780295975931
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About Stephen J. Pyne
Stephen J. Pyne is a professor in the Biology and Society Program at Arizona State Universty. He is the author of many books, including Year of the Fires: The Story of the Great Fires of 1910 and Fire on the Rim: A Firefighter's Season at the Grand Canyon. Fire: A Brief History is the sixth volume in Pyne's Cycle of ... Read more

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"Pyne considers the evolution of fire in such diverse regions as Australia, Africa, Brazil, Sweden, Greece, Iberia, Russia, and India and then ponders Antarctica, the land without fire. As he examines changing techniques for and attitudes toward fire control, Pyne challenges our concepts of naturre and wilderness and explains why the study and management of fire have tremendous environmental, cultural, ... Read more

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