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World Fire
The Culture of Fire on Earth
Stephen J. Pyne  

$24.95 Paperback
Release Date: 2/1/1999
ISBN: 9780295975931    
408 Pages

Canadian rights only
Distributed for University of Washington Press



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About the Book

World Fire is the story of how fire and humans have coevolved. The two are inseperable, and together they have repeatedly remade the planet.

About the Author(s)

Stephen J. Pyne is professor of history at Arizona State University.

Table of Contents

Table of contents information is not available at this time.

Reviews

Stephen J. Pyne writes about fire as if he were on fire, with searing, consuming heat and light. When he looks at fire he sees not biological catastrophe but social illumination and natural renewal…This book will change the way you view fire - and the way you see us routinely fighting it.
-- Seattle Times

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, and political implications.
-- Booklist

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Related Topics

History > Other
Environmental Studies
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