Bibliograph

Tending fire, coping with America's wildland fires, Stephen J. Pyne

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Tending fire, coping with America's wildland fires, Stephen J. Pyne

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-224) and index

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mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Tending fire

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

66463921

Responsibility statement

Stephen J. Pyne

Sub title

coping with America's wildland fires

Table Of Contents

Prologue. Seeing meaning in the flames -- 1. Why fire? -- Fire's narrative -- An imperial narrative -- America's narrative -- Rhythms and reasons -- 2. Torch and shovel : the means of fire management -- Option 1. Let burn -- Option 2. Suppress -- Option 3. Prescribe burn -- Option 4. Change combustibility -- The elements compounded -- 3. Sparks and embers : ideas in the wind -- The big fire -- Firestop II and Firestart I -- Fire in the mind -- Fire as community -- 4. Flash points : fire scenarios for the future -- The fires this time and next -- The not-quite vestal fire on the no-long virgin land -- The big burn -- Epilogue. Imaging fire -- Appendix. Fire's American century : by the numbers

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