World Fire: The Culture of Fire on Earth - Hardcover

Pyne, Stephen J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0805032479 ISBN 13: 9780805032475

Publisher: Henry Holt & Co, 1995

Synopsis

Linking the evolution of humankind to humans' control over fire, the author of Burning Bush examines the emerging geography of global fire, the environmental impact of fire in nature, and the role of fire in the regeneration of the natural world.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

Back in Print--World Fire is the story of how fire and humans have coevolved. The two are inseperable, and together they have repeatedly remade the planet. "Stephen J. Pyne writes about fire as if he were on fire, with searing, consuming heat and light. When he looks at fire he sees not biological catastrophe but social illumination and natural renewal...This book will change the way you view fire--and the way you see us routinely fighting it." --Seattle Times-

From the Back Cover:

World Fire is the story of how fire and humans have coevolved. The two are inseparable, and together they have repeatedly remade the planet.

About this edition

• Publisher: Henry Holt & Co
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0805032479
• ISBN 13: 9780805032475
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 379