Awful splendour : a fire history of Canada / / Stephen J. Pyne ; foreword by Graeme Wynn
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| Autore: |
Pyne Stephen J. <1949->
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| Titolo: |
Awful splendour : a fire history of Canada / / Stephen J. Pyne ; foreword by Graeme Wynn
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| Pubblicazione: | Vancouver, : UBC Press, 2007 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xxix, 549 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina: | 577.2/40971 |
| Soggetto topico: | Wildfires - Canada - History |
| Fires - Canada - History | |
| Fire ecology - Canada - History | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Front Matter -- Contents -- Figures -- Foreword -- Author's Note -- White Canada -- Torch -- Kindling -- Fire Rings of Indigenous Canada -- Tongues of Fire: Black Spruce and High Plains -- Conflagration and Complex -- Axe -- Creating Fuel -- Fire Frontiers of Imperial Canada -- With Fire in Their Eyes: Gabriel Sagard and Henry Hind -- "Burning Most Furiously" -- Engine -- Containing Combustion -- Reconnaissance by Fire: Robert Bell and Bernhard Fernow -- Fire Provinces of Industrial Canada -- Internal Combustions -- Green Canada -- Continental Drift and Global Warming -- Fire Geography of Green Canada -- Slow Burns, Fast Flames -- Fire and Ice -- Notes -- Bibliographic Essay -- Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | "Fire is a defining element in Canadian land and life. With few exceptions, Canada's forests and prairies have evolved with fire. Its peoples have exploited fire and sought to protect themselves from its excesses, and since Confederation, the country has devised various institutions to connect fire and society. The choices Canadians have made say a great deal about their national character. Awful Splendour narrates the history of this grand saga"--Jacket |
| Altri titoli varianti: | Awful splendor, a fire history of Canada |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Awful splendour |
| ISBN: | 1-282-59357-9 |
| 9786612593574 | |
| 0-7748-5585-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910824889203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Nature, history, society.