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Burning Bush : A Fire History of Australia / / Stephen J. Pyne
| 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->
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| Seattle : , : University of Washington Press, , 1998 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A long walk in the Australian bush / William J. Lines
| A long walk in the Australian bush / William J. Lines |
| Autore | Lines, William J. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Athens, Ga : University of Georgia Press, c1998 |
| Descrizione fisica | 202 p. : map ; 20 cm. |
| Soggetto topico |
Forest degradation - Australia
Forest ecology - Australia Jarrah - Australia Landscape changes - Australia Nature - Effect of human beings on - Australia |
| ISBN | 0820320552 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991001281969707536 |
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Lines, William J.
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| Athens, Ga : University of Georgia Press, c1998 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. del Salento | ||
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