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Fire : a brief history / Stephen J. Pyne ; foreword by William Cronon.

By: Series: Pyne, Stephen J., Cycle of fire ; | Weyerhaeuser environmental bookPublication details: Seattle : University of Washington Press, c2001.Description: xvii, 204 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 029598144X (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 304.2 21
LOC classification:
  • GN416 .P85 2001
Contents:
1. Fire and Earth : creating combustion -- 2. Frontiers of fire (part 1) : fire colonizing by hominids -- 3. Aboriginal fire : controlling the spark -- 4. Agricultural fire : cultivating fuel -- 5. Frontiers of fire (part 2) : fire colonizing by agriculture -- 6. Urban fire : building habitats for fire -- 7. Pyrotechnics : fire and technology -- 8. Frontiers of fire (part 3) : fire colonizing by Europe -- 9. Industrial fire : stoking the big burn -- 10. The future of fire : burning beyond the millennium.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks GN416 .P85 2001 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039000681659

Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-193) and index.

1. Fire and Earth : creating combustion -- 2. Frontiers of fire (part 1) : fire colonizing by hominids -- 3. Aboriginal fire : controlling the spark -- 4. Agricultural fire : cultivating fuel -- 5. Frontiers of fire (part 2) : fire colonizing by agriculture -- 6. Urban fire : building habitats for fire -- 7. Pyrotechnics : fire and technology -- 8. Frontiers of fire (part 3) : fire colonizing by Europe -- 9. Industrial fire : stoking the big burn -- 10. The future of fire : burning beyond the millennium.

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