California : A Fire Survey /

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"By its size, fire intensity, and institutional responses, California has long shaped the national agenda for wildland fire. From its early days, California decided for fire suppression. How and why this happened is the subject of this fire reconnaissance of America's Golden State for fire...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pyne, Stephen J., 1949- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2016.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Wildfires > Prevention and control.
Wildfires.
Forest fires > Prevention and control.
Forest fires.
NATURE > Environmental Conservation & Protection.
Forêts > Incendies > Californie > Prevention et maîtrise > Histoire.
Feux de friches > Californie > Prevention et maîtrise > Histoire.
Forest fires > California > Prevention and control > History.
Forest fires > California > History.
Wildfires > California > Prevention and control > History.
Wildfires > California > History.
California.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:"By its size, fire intensity, and institutional responses, California has long shaped the national agenda for wildland fire. From its early days, California decided for fire suppression. How and why this happened is the subject of this fire reconnaissance of America's Golden State for fire"--Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:1 online resource (216 pages): illustrations, maps
ISBN:9780816535132

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