عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
GN416 .P85 2001
GN416
.
P85
2001
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
029598144X (alk. paper)
(Number (ISBN
9780295981444 (alk. paper)
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
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TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Fire :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
a brief history /
First Statement of Responsibility
Stephen J. Pyne ; foreword by William Cronon.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Seattle :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
University of Washington Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c2001.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xvii, 204 p. :
Other Physical Details
ill., maps ;
Dimensions
24 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
Cycle of fire
Series Title
Weyerhaeuser environmental books
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-193) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
1. Fire and Earth : creating combustion -- 2. Frontiers of fire (part 1) : fire colonizing by hominids -- 3. Aboriginal fire : controlling the spark - 4. Agricultural fire : cultivating fuel -- 5. Frontiers of fire (part 2) : fire colonizing by agriculture -- 6. Urban fire : building habitats for fire -- 7. Pyrotechnics : fire and technology -- 8. Frontiers of fire (part 3) : fire colonizing by Europe -- 9. Industrial fire : stoking the big burn -- 10. The future of fire : burning beyond the millennium.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
"Here, in one book, is the essential story of fire. Noted environmental historian Stephen J. Pyne describes the evolution of fire through prehistoric and historic times down to the present, examining contemporary attitudes from a long-range, informed perspective. Fire: A Brief History surveys the principles behind aboriginal and agricultural fire practices, the characteristics of urban fire, and the relationship between controlled combustion and technology. Pyne describes how fire's role in cities, suburbs, exurbs, and wildlands has been shaped by a industrialized, urban way of thinking." "Fire: A Brief History will be of value to readers interested in the environment from the standpoint of anthropology, geography, forestry, science and technology, history, or the humanities."--BOOK JACKET.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Fire-- History.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
GN416
Book number
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P85
2001
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Pyne, Stephen J.,1949-
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20140220051617.0
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
مطالعه متن کتاب [Book]
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