Pyne, Stephen J., 1949-

Fire : a brief history / Stephen J. Pyne ; foreword by William Cronon. - Seattle : University of Washington Press, c2001. - xvii, 204 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. - Cycle of fire Weyerhaeuser environmental books . - Pyne, Stephen J., 1949- Cycle of fire. . - Weyerhaeuser environmental book. .

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.

029598144X (alk. paper)

2001035593


Fire--History.

GN416 / .P85 2001

304.2