World Fire: The Culture of Fire on Earth

Stephen J. Pyne

ISBN 10: 0295975938 / ISBN 13: 9780295975931

Published by University of Washington Press, 1997

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: World Fire: The Culture of Fire on Earth
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0295975938
• ISBN 13: 9780295975931
• Binding: Paperback / softback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 603 grams

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Synopsis

Back in PrintWorld Fire is the story of how fire and humans have coevolved. The two are inseparable, and together they have repeatedly remade the planet.“Pyne considers the evolution of fire in such diverse regions as Australia, Africa, Brazil, Sweden, Greece, Iberia, Russia, and India and then ponders Antarctica, the land without fire. As he examines changing techniques for and attitudes toward fire control, Pyne challenges our concepts of nature and wilderness and explains why the study and management of fire have tremendous environmental, cultural, and political implications.”―Booklist“A sweeping historical treatise that examines our world’s love/hate relationship with conflagration. His engrossing ideas leave bright embers in the memory.”―Outside

About the Author

Stephen J. Pyne is emeritus professor in the Biology and Society Program at Arizona State University. He is the author of Five Suns: A Fire History of Mexico (Arizona 2024), Pyrocene Park: A Journey into the Fire History of Yosemite National Park (Arizona, 2023), The Pyrocene: How We Created an Age of Fire, and What Happens Next (California, 2021), and more.