Burning Bush : A Fire History of Australia / / Stephen J. Pyne |
Autore | Pyne Stephen J. <1949-> |
Edizione | [Pbk. edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Seattle : , : University of Washington Press, , 1998 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (556 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.370994 |
Collana | Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books |
Soggetto topico |
Shifting cultivation
Nature - Effect of human beings on Natural history Fire ecology Aboriginal Australians - Agriculture NATURE - Weather SOCIAL SCIENCE - Human Geography Shifting cultivation - Australia Natural history - Australia Fire ecology - Australia Nature - Effect of human beings on - Australia |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-295-99883-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Foreword by William Cronon -- Preface to the 1998 paperback edition -- Preface to the original edition: Firestick history -- Map of Australia -- Map of Australia's vegetation -- Prologue: Dust to dust -- Book I. The Eucalypt -- 1. The universal Australian -- 2. Unimaginable freaks of fire: Profile of a pyrophyte -- 3. Red centre: Fire regimes of old Australia -- 4. Land of contrarities -- Book II. The Aborigine -- 5. Flaming front -- 6. Firestick farmer: Profile of a pyrophile -- 7. Fires of the dreaming -- 8. Smokes by day, fires by night: Fire regimes of Aboriginal Australia -- 9. This wonderful depository of fire -- Book III. The European -- 10. Entwining fire -- 11. Reconnaissance by fire: Education of a pyrophile -- 12. Red steers and green pick -- 13. Beyond the black stump -- 14. Fire conservancy -- 15. Burning off: Fire provinces of European Australia -- 16. When the Billy boiled -- Book IV. The new Australian -- 17. The two fires -- 18. Antipodean fire: The Australian strategy -- 19. Wild bush, urban bush: Fire regimes of new Australia -- 20. Dieback -- Epilogue: Ashes to ashes. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461016403321 |
Pyne Stephen J. <1949-> | ||
Seattle : , : University of Washington Press, , 1998 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Dark emu : black seeds : agriculture or accident? / / Bruce Pascoe |
Autore | Pascoe Bruce <1947-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Broome, Western Australia : , : Magabala Books Aboriginal, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (176 pages) : illustrations, map |
Disciplina | 305.89915 |
Soggetto topico |
Aboriginal Australians - Antiquities
Aboriginal Australians - Social life and customs Aboriginal Australians - Agriculture Land use, Rural - Australia Hunting and gathering societies - Australia |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-922142-44-1
1-922142-45-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction; 1: Agriculture; 2: Aquaculture; 3: Population and Housing; 4: Storage and Preservation; 5: Fire; 6: The Heavens, Language and the Law; 7: Australian Agricultural Revolution; 8. Accepting History and Creating the Future. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465322603321 |
Pascoe Bruce <1947-> | ||
Broome, Western Australia : , : Magabala Books Aboriginal, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Dark emu : black seeds : agriculture or accident? / / Bruce Pascoe |
Autore | Pascoe Bruce <1947-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Broome, Western Australia : , : Magabala Books Aboriginal, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (176 pages) : illustrations, map |
Disciplina | 305.89915 |
Soggetto topico |
Aboriginal Australians - Antiquities
Aboriginal Australians - Social life and customs Aboriginal Australians - Agriculture Land use, Rural - Australia Hunting and gathering societies - Australia |
ISBN |
1-922142-44-1
1-922142-45-X 9781922142436 9781921248016 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction; 1: Agriculture; 2: Aquaculture; 3: Population and Housing; 4: Storage and Preservation; 5: Fire; 6: The Heavens, Language and the Law; 7: Australian Agricultural Revolution; 8. Accepting History and Creating the Future. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792276603321 |
Pascoe Bruce <1947-> | ||
Broome, Western Australia : , : Magabala Books Aboriginal, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Dark emu : black seeds : agriculture or accident? / / Bruce Pascoe |
Autore | Pascoe Bruce <1947-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Broome, Western Australia : , : Magabala Books Aboriginal, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (176 pages) : illustrations, map |
Disciplina | 305.89915 |
Soggetto topico |
Aboriginal Australians - Antiquities
Aboriginal Australians - Social life and customs Aboriginal Australians - Agriculture Land use, Rural - Australia Hunting and gathering societies - Australia |
ISBN |
1-922142-44-1
1-922142-45-X 9781922142436 9781921248016 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction; 1: Agriculture; 2: Aquaculture; 3: Population and Housing; 4: Storage and Preservation; 5: Fire; 6: The Heavens, Language and the Law; 7: Australian Agricultural Revolution; 8. Accepting History and Creating the Future. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822374303321 |
Pascoe Bruce <1947-> | ||
Broome, Western Australia : , : Magabala Books Aboriginal, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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