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Fire and civilization

Title: Fire and civilization / Johan Goudsblom.
Author: Goudsblom, Johan.
Publication: London : Allen Lane, 1992.

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viii, 247 pages; 24 cm

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-240) and index.

Contents

The original domestication of fire -- The effects of the use of fire in pre-agrarian societies -- Fire and agrarianization -- Fire in settled agrarian societies -- Fire in Ancient Israel -- Fire in Ancient Greece and Rome -- Fire in Pre-Industrial Europe -- Fire in The Industrial Age -- The control of fire at different levels.

ISBN

0713990775 :
9780713990775

OCLC

ocm27897224
27897224

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Columbia University Libraries