ISBN:
0691083002
Language:
English
Pages:
xvi, 654 p.
,
ill.
,
24 cm
DDC:
304/.2
Keywords:
Wildfires / United States / History
;
Fires / United States / History
;
Bosbouw
;
Bosbranden
;
Feux de friches - États-Unis - Histoire
;
Incendies - États-Unis - Histoire
;
Incendios - EE.UU - Historia
;
Geschichte
;
Wildfires History
;
Fires History
;
USA
Abstract:
Examines the cultural history of wild land forest fires in the United States from prehistoric to contemporary times. Pyne illustrates the pattern of man's changing attitudes toward fire, with a series of regional fire histories including a section entitled: Fire and frost: a fire history of Alaska.
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