Back in Print World Fire is the story of how fire and humans have coevolved. The two are inseparable, and together they have repeatedly remade the planet."Pyne considers the evolution of fire in such diverse regions as Australia, Africa, Brazil, Sweden, Greece, Iberia, Russia, and India and then ponders Antarctica, the land without fire. As he examines changing techniques for and attitudes toward fire control, Pyne challenges our concepts of nature and wilderness and explains why the study and management of fire have ...
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Back in Print World Fire is the story of how fire and humans have coevolved. The two are inseparable, and together they have repeatedly remade the planet."Pyne considers the evolution of fire in such diverse regions as Australia, Africa, Brazil, Sweden, Greece, Iberia, Russia, and India and then ponders Antarctica, the land without fire. As he examines changing techniques for and attitudes toward fire control, Pyne challenges our concepts of nature and wilderness and explains why the study and management of fire have tremendous environmental, cultural, and political implications."--Booklist"A sweeping historical treatise that examines our world's love/hate relationship with conflagration. His engrossing ideas leave bright embers in the memory."--Outside
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Add this copy of World Fire: the Culture of Fire on Earth to cart. $4.05, very good condition, Sold by Midtown Scholar Bookstore rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Harrisburg, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by University of Washington Press.
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Fine. Fine Dust Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Like new. (14)379pp. Notes & reading list. Index. Text drawings. Promoting global literacy for over 30 years.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Quarter-bound black on blue boards, dustjacket in mylar cover, 379pp w Index, illustrated with charts and graphs. --"The story of how fire and humans have co-evolved."-Very nice copy.
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