On the fireline : living and dying with wildland firefighters / / Matthew Desmond |
Autore | Desmond Matthew |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ix, 369 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 363.37092/273 |
Collana | Fieldwork encounters and discoveries |
Soggetto topico |
Wildfire fighters - West (U.S.)
Wildfires - Prevention and control Hazardous occupations Risk-taking (Psychology) |
Soggetto non controllato | firefighters, wildland, firecrew, arizona, memoir, biography, autobiography, danger, risk, profession, career, heroism, nature, environment, wilderness, wildfire, conservation, ecosystem, nonfiction, masculinity, prevention, fire, risk-taking, hazardous occupations, forest, country, men, gender, training, discipline, burning, death, mortality |
ISBN |
1-281-95955-3
9786611959555 0-226-14407-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Country Masculinity -- 2. The Sanctuary of the Forest -- 3. A Joke between Brothers -- 4. Real Firefi ghters Drive Green Engines -- 5. Learning and Burning -- 6. Taking the "Wild" Out of Wildfire -- 7. The Beaver Creek Fire -- 8. The Incompetent Dead -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Between Native and Alien -- Glossary -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782450803321 |
Desmond Matthew
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Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , 2007 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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On the fireline : living and dying with wildland firefighters / / Matthew Desmond |
Autore | Desmond Matthew |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ix, 369 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 363.37092/273 |
Collana | Fieldwork encounters and discoveries |
Soggetto topico |
Wildfire fighters - West (U.S.)
Wildfires - Prevention and control Hazardous occupations Risk-taking (Psychology) |
Soggetto non controllato | firefighters, wildland, firecrew, arizona, memoir, biography, autobiography, danger, risk, profession, career, heroism, nature, environment, wilderness, wildfire, conservation, ecosystem, nonfiction, masculinity, prevention, fire, risk-taking, hazardous occupations, forest, country, men, gender, training, discipline, burning, death, mortality |
ISBN |
1-281-95955-3
9786611959555 0-226-14407-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Country Masculinity -- 2. The Sanctuary of the Forest -- 3. A Joke between Brothers -- 4. Real Firefi ghters Drive Green Engines -- 5. Learning and Burning -- 6. Taking the "Wild" Out of Wildfire -- 7. The Beaver Creek Fire -- 8. The Incompetent Dead -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Between Native and Alien -- Glossary -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808797403321 |
Desmond Matthew
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Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , 2007 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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