| Description |
xx, 520 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
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Cycle of fire / University of Washington Press |
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Pyne, Stephen J., 1949-
Cycle of fire.
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Cycle of fire (University of Washington Press)
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| Contents |
Foreword by William Cronon -- Preface to the 1998 paperback edition -- Preface to the original edition: Firestick history -- Map of Australia -- Map of Australia's vegetation -- Prologue: Dust to dust -- Book I. The Eucalypt -- 1. The universal Australian -- 2. Unimaginable freaks of fire: Profile of a pyrophyte -- 3. Red centre: Fire regimes of old Australia -- 4. Land of contrarities -- Book II. The Aborigine -- 5. Flaming front -- 6. Firestick farmer: Profile of a pyrophile -- 7. Fires of the dreaming -- 8. Smokes by day, fires by night: Fire regimes of Aboriginal Australia -- 9. This wonderful depository of fire -- Book III. The European -- 10. Entwining fire -- 11. Reconnaissance by fire: Education of a pyrophile -- 12. Red steers and green pick -- 13. Beyond the black stump -- 14. Fire conservancy -- 15. Burning off: Fire provinces of European Australia -- 16. When the Billy boiled -- Book IV. The new Australian -- 17. The two fires -- 18. Antipodean fire: The Australian strategy -- 19. Wild bush, urban bush: Fire regimes of new Australia -- 20. Dieback -- Epilogue: Ashes to ashes |
| Summary |
Traces the impact of fire in Australia, showing that it has been a powerful environmental determinant, shaping both social and natural histories. Discusses fire rituals and legends of old Australia, Aboriginal farming methods using fire, fire use by Europeans, and modern developments. First publishe |
| Analysis |
Emergency services |
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Forestry |
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Management of land & natural resources |
| Notes |
First published: New York : Holt, 1991 |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 493-497 |
| Subject |
Aboriginal Australians -- Agriculture.
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Fire ecology -- Australia.
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Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Australia.
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Natural history -- Australia.
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Nature -- Effect of human beings on.
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Shifting cultivation -- Australia.
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Shifting cultivation.
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| Author |
Cronon, William.
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| ISBN |
0295976772 (paperback) |
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