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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450633303321

Titolo

Fire, native peoples, and the natural landscape [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Thomas R. Vale

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : Island Press, c2002

ISBN

1-59726-602-7

1-4175-9578-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (324 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ValeThomas R. <1943->

Disciplina

304.2/0978

Soggetti

Nature - Effect of human beings on - West (U.S.)

Indians of North America - West (U.S.) - Social life and customs

Landscapes - West (U.S.)

Fire ecology - West (U.S.)

Electronic books.

West (U.S.) Environmental conditions History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The pre-European landscape of the United States : pristine or humanized? / Thomas R. Vale -- Indians and fire in the Rocky Mountains : the wilderness hypothesis renewed / William L. Baker -- Prehistoric human impacts on fire regimes and vegetation in the northern intermountain West / Duane Griffin -- Fire in the pre-European lowlands of the American Southwest / Kathleen C. Parker -- Lots of lightning and plenty of people : an ecological history of fire in the upland Southwest / Craig D. Allen -- Prehistoric burning in the Pacific Northwest : human versus climatic influences / Cathy Whitlock and Margaret A. Knox -- Fire in Sierra Nevada Forests : evaluating the ecological impact of burning by Native Americans / Albert J. Parker -- Pre-European fire in California chaparral / Jacob Bendix -- Reflections / Thomas R. Vale.