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Fire : a brief history
- Title
- Fire : a brief history / Stephen J. Pyne ; foreword by William Cronon.
- Author
- Pyne, Stephen J., 1949-
- Publication
- Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2019.
- © 2019
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Details
- Description
- xvii, 216 pages : illustrations, maps, portrait; 23 cm.
- Summary
- Over vast expanses of time, fire and humanity have interacted to expand the domain of each, transforming the earth and what it means to be human. In this concise yet wide-ranging book, Stephen J. Pyne--named by Science magazine as "the world's leading authority on the history of fire"--explores the surprising dynamics of fire before humans, fire and human origins, aboriginal economies of hunting and foraging, agricultural and pastoral uses of fire, fire ceremonies, fire as an idea and a technology, and industrial fire.In this revised and expanded edition, Pyne looks to the future of fire as a constant, defining presence on Earth. A new chapter explores the importance of fire in the twenty-first century, with special attention to its role in the Anthropocene, or what he posits might equally be called the Pyrocene.
- Series Statement
- Cycle of fire
- Weyerhaeuser environmental books
- Pyne, Stephen J., 1949- Cycle of fire.
- Uniform Title
- Weyerhaeuser environmental book.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- First edition, 2001.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-11493
- ISBN
- 9780295746203
- 0295746203
- 9780295746180
- 0295746181
- LCCN
- 2019018117
- 40029360835
- OCLC
- 1099540470
- Author
- Pyne, Stephen J., 1949- author.
- Title
- Fire : a brief history / Stephen J. Pyne ; foreword by William Cronon.
- Publisher
- Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2019.
- Copyright Date
- © 2019
- Edition
- Second edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Cycle of fireWeyerhaeuser environmental booksPyne, Stephen J., 1949- Cycle of fire.Weyerhaeuser environmental book.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Pyne, Stephen J., 1949- author. Fire Second Edition. Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2019] 9780295746197 (DLC) 2019021209
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40029360835
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-11493