Vestal fire : an environmental history, told through fire, of Europe and Europe's encounter with the world / / Stephen J. Pyne ; foreword by William Cronon
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| Autore: |
Pyne Stephen J. <1949->
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| Titolo: |
Vestal fire : an environmental history, told through fire, of Europe and Europe's encounter with the world / / Stephen J. Pyne ; foreword by William Cronon
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| Pubblicazione: | Seattle, : University of Washington Press, c1997 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xvii, 659 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 304.2 |
| Soggetto topico: | Wildfires - Europe |
| Fires - Europe | |
| Fire ecology - Europe | |
| Wildfires | |
| Fires | |
| Fire ecology | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- Contents -- Foreword by William Cronon -- Author's Note -- Prologue: Quest for Fire -- Book 1: Elements -- Flame -- Torch -- Hearth -- Book 2: Europe -- Eternal Flame: Fire in Mediterranean Europe -- Controlled Combustion: Fire in Central Europe -- Wild Hearth: Fire in Boreal Europe -- Flaming Front: Fire in Eurasian Europe -- Spot Fires: Fire in Atlantic Europe -- Book 3: Earth -- Islands -- Continents -- Planets -- Epilogue: Beyond the Realm of Fire -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Vestal fire |
| ISBN: | 0-295-80352-5 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910817221003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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