LEADER 03674nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910964142603321 005 20240418050719.0 010 $a9780295803272 010 $a0295803274 024 7 $a10.1515/9780295803272 035 $a(CKB)2550000000056421 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000536687 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11342062 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000536687 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10549757 035 $a(PQKB)11064785 035 $a(OCoLC)757509384 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse21239 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3444376 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10503219 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL810429 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3444376 035 $a(Perlego)723400 035 $a(DE-B1597)737021 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780295803272 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000056421 100 $a20010501d2001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFire $ea brief history /$fStephen J. Pyne ; foreword by William Cronon 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aSeattle $cUniversity of Washington Press$dc2001 215 $axvii, 204 p. $cill., map 225 1 $aCycle of fire 225 1 $aWeyerhaeuser environmental books 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780295981444 311 08$a029598144X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword: Small Book, Big Story by William Cronon -- Introduction: Kindling -- 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 Habits 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 -- Selected Sources and Further Reading -- Index. 330 8 $a"The fate of humanity, like the fate of the earth, is tied to the fires that have made the world as we know itthe fires whose history is told as well in this book as it has ever been told before. If one wants to understand just how completely the story of the human past is also the story of fire on earth, there is no better place to start than this small book."William Cronon Here, in one concise book, is the essential story of fire. Noted environmental historian Stephen J. Pyne describes the evolution of fire through prehistoric and historic times down to the present, examining contemporary attitudes from a long-range, informed perspective. Fire: A Brief History surveys the principles behind aboriginal and agricultural fire practices, the characteristics of urban fire, and the relationship between controlled combustion and technology. Pyne describes how fires role in cities, suburbs, exurbs, and wildlands has been shaped by an industrialized, urban way of thinking. Fire: A Brief History will be of value to readers interested in the environment from the standpoint of anthropology, geography, forestry, science and technology, history, or the humanities. 410 0$aWeyerhaeuser environmental book. 606 $aFire$xHistory 615 0$aFire$xHistory. 676 $a304.2 700 $aPyne$b Stephen J.$f1949-$0440564 701 $aCronon$b William$010674 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910964142603321 996 $aFire$94345597 997 $aUNINA