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The still-burning bush / Stephen Pyne.
- Title
- The still-burning bush / Stephen Pyne.
- Author
- Pyne, Stephen J., 1949-
- Publication
- Melbourne : Scribe, 2006.
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- Description
- 137 p.; 21 cm.
- Summary
- "Australia is one of the world's fire powers. We have bushfires, fire institutions, fire scholarship, and a vigorous fire politics - in no other country has fire made such an impact on the national culture. Over the past decade, bushfires have reasserted themselves as an environmental, social, and political presence in Australia - especially in the wake of the 2003 bushfires that ravaged the Australian Alps and burned into Canberra. 'The Still-Burning Bush traces' the environmental and social significance of the use of fire to shape the environment through Australian history, beginning with Aboriginal usage, and the subsequent passing of the firestick to rural colonists and then to foresters. Each transfer kindled a public debate over suitable fire practices but also about how Australians should live on the land. It has been a continuing argument between city and country; between greenies and ecologists and farmers and loggers; between those who live off the land and those who visit it; and between those who believe bushfire is ultimately an expression of a nature beyond human contrivance and those who believe humanity can, for good or ill, profoundly alter fire7F 19s regimes. 'The Still-Burning Bush' is a profound and beautifully written account of the complexities involved in understanding how fire has shaped our cultural and political landscape, as well as the landscape of the Australian bush."--Publisher's website.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-137).
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Preface. Shock and awe -- Part 1. Firestick fundamentals: a primer; Firestick history: a synopsis -- Part 2. Fire conservancy; Early burning, light burning, no burning; Between two fires: creating an Australian strategy; Backfire: the environmentalist critique -- Part 3. As the world burns; Fire's rectangle: options for management; The green in the ash -- Part 4. Pyromancy: divining futures in the flames; The still-burning bush -- Postscript. Where Australia sees the universe.
- ISBN
- 1920769757
- LCCN
- ^^2006389256
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library