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"Here, in one book, is the essential story of fire. Noted environmental historian Stephen J. Pyne describes the evolution of fire through prehistoric and historic times down to the present, examining contemporary attitudes from a long-range, informed perspective. Fire: A Brief History surveys t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pyne, Stephen J., 1949-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Seattle : University of Washington Press, ©2001.
Colección:Pyne, Stephen J., 1949- Cycle of fire.
Weyerhaeuser environmental book.
Temas:
Geschichte.
Fire > History.
Feu > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Geography.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Forestry.
Fire
Feuerkult
Feuerökologie
Feuer
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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