| Fire in America: A Cultural History of Wildland and Rural Fire Contributor(s): Pyne, Stephen J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 029597592X ISBN-13: 9780295975924 Publisher: University of Washington Press OUR PRICE: $38.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1997 Annotation: From prehistory to the present-day conservation movement, Pyne explores the efforts of successive American cultures to master wildfire and to use it to shape the landscape. "On rare occasions, the historical literature is enriched by the introduction of a broad new field for study, by a book that dramatically expands the boundaries of scholarly investigation. Stephen Pyne's Fire in America is such a book. It achieves the Promethean goal of bringing fire to history". -- Science "Stephen J. Pyne compels our admiration for his gargantuan ambition and richly informed intelligence. He tells us more than anyone else to date has about the role of fire in the landscape, tells us we have been wrong in assuming a pristine state of nature before the white man's invasion, tells us what fire has meant to the rise of civilization and this nation. No one interested in environmental history can afford to ignore this massive achievement". -- Journal of American History |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) - History | United States - General - Nature | Weather |
| Dewey: 304.2 |
| LCCN: 96049191 |
| Series: Cycle of Fire |
| Physical Information: 1.56" H x 6.14" W x 9.3" (2.07 lbs) 654 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Western U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From prehistory to the present-day conservation movement, Pyne explores the efforts of successive American cultures to master wildfire and to use it to shape the landscape. |