World Fire : The Culture of Fire on Earth /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pyne, Stephen J., 1949-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, 1997.
Edition:Pbk. edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Waldbrand.
Mensch.
Feuer.
Brandschutz.
Feuer
Waldbrand
Mensch
Brandschutz
Wildfires > Prevention and control.
Wildfires.
Fires.
Fire prevention.
Fire ecology.
HISTORY > World.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Fire Science.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Smoke report : The new world order on fire
  • Size-up : Firestick history; or, how to set the world on fire
  • Hotspotting : Fire flume (Australia) ; Veld fire (South Africa) ; Queimada para limpeza (Brazil) ; Svedjebruk (Sweden) ; Greek fire (Greece) ; La nueva reconquista (Iberia) ; Red skies of Irkutsk (Russia) ; Nataraja (India) ; White darkness (Antarctica)
  • Control : American fire : Initial attack: The U.S. Forest Service fights fire ; Coldtrailing ; Wilderness fire : Vestal fires and virgin lands ; The summer we let wild fire loose ; Intermix fire : The fire this time ; Nouvelle Southwest
  • Mop-up : Consumed by either fire or fire
  • After the last smoke : Flame and fortune.

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