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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780295979489
- Subject Area
- Nature, Political Science, Technology & Engineering, Social Science, History
- Publication Name
- Vestal Fire : An Environmental History, Told Through Fire, of Europe and Europe's Encounter with the World
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Item Length
- 8.3 in
- Subject
- Ethnic Studies / General, Ecosystems & Habitats / Wilderness, Fire Science, Europe / General, Public Policy / Environmental Policy
- Publication Year
- 2000
- Series
- Weyerhaeuser Cycle of Fire Ser.
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.6 in
- Item Weight
- 35.3 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.7 in
- Number of Pages
- 672 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Washington Press
ISBN-10
0295979488
ISBN-13
9780295979489
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1683365
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
672 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Vestal Fire : An Environmental History, Told Through Fire, of Europe and Europe's Encounter with the World
Subject
Ethnic Studies / General, Ecosystems & Habitats / Wilderness, Fire Science, Europe / General, Public Policy / Environmental Policy
Publication Year
2000
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Nature, Political Science, Technology & Engineering, Social Science, History
Series
Weyerhaeuser Cycle of Fire Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.6 in
Item Weight
35.3 Oz
Item Length
8.3 in
Item Width
6.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
97-019032
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
No one is better qualified to teach us about fire's history, fire's crucial role in shaping landscapes, than Stephen Pyne. His discussions of forestry, land-management elitism, pastoral incendiarism, nature reserves, the conservation movement and the ecology of disturbance are profoundly valuable.
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
304.2
Table Of Content
Contents Foreword by William Cronon Author?s Notes Prologue: Quest for Fire Book 1: Elements Flame Diamond in the Rough: A Physical Geography of European Fire New Worlds from Old: A Biogeography of European Fire Fusain and Flame: A Natural History of European Fire Torch Errant Fire: The Hominid Colonization of Europe Cultivated Fire: The Agricultural Reclamation of Europe Pyrotechnia: The Technology of Combustion Hearth Domiciled Fire: Hearth and House The Fire in the Cave: Combustion and Cognition Need-Fire, Vestal Fire : Ceremony and Ritual Book 2: Europe Eternal Flame: Fire in Mediterranean Europe Prologue: West of Eden Behold, Before a Garden, Behind a Waste Arcadia and Anarchy: Mediterranean Pastorale Grand Traverse: Imperial France Mediterranean Miniature: Cyprus Epilogue: Fin-de Siecle Fire Controlled Combustion: Fire in Central Europe Prologue: Ashes and Embers Landnam: The Fire of First Contact Reclamation: The Fire in the Garden Revolution: The Enlightenment Comes to Agriculture Revolution Redux: Forestry Takes Command Epilogue: Holocaust Wild Hearth: Fire in Boreal Europe Prologue: Fire and Water Fire and Sword: The Historia of Olaus Magnus Fire and Ax: The Finnish Colonization Fire and Field: The Travels of Linnaeus Fire and Iron: The Adventures of Nils Epilogue: Final Flame Flaming Front: Fire in Eurasian Europe Prologue: Wooden Rus'' Is like a Fire The Candle and the Torch Lines of Fire, Fields of Fire Emancipation and Suppression When the Sky Burned Epilogue: Fire in the Minds of Men Spot Fires: Fire in Atlantic Europe Prologue: Sparks in the Wind It Was All a Planted Garden: The British Isles Green Fire: The Celtic Isle Northern Mists, Northern Smoke: The Norse Islands Blessed Isles, Burned Isles: The Iberian Islands Epilogue: The World Encompassed Book 3: Earth Islands New Fire: The Coming of Antropogenic Fire Strange Fire: The Coming of European Fire Sacred Fire: The Coming of Conservation Continents Carrying the Fire: Europe Expands Counter Fire: Europe Contains Fire in the Ashes: Europe Rekindles Planets Conduction: The European Connection Radiation: The Neo-Europes Convection: Black Death, Heat Death Epilogue: Beyond the Realm of Fire Notes Glossary Bibliography Index
Synopsis
Stephen Pyne has been described as having a consciousness "composed of equal parts historian, ecologist, philosopher, critic, poet, and sociologist." At this time in history when many people are trying to understand their true relationship with the natural environment, this book offers a remarkable contribution--breathtaking in the scope of its research and exhilarating to read. Pyne takes the reader on a journey through time, exploring the terrain of Europe and the uses and abuses of its lands as well as, through migration and conquest, many parts of the rest of the world. Whether he is discussing the Mediterranean region, Russia, Scandinavia, the British Isles, central Europe, or colonized islands; whether he is considering the impact of agriculture, forestry, or Enlightenment thinking, the author brings an unmatched insight to his subject. Vestal Fire takes its title from Vesta, Roman goddess of the hearth and keeper of the sacred fire on Mount Olympus. But the book's title also suggests the strengths and limitations of Europe's peculiar conception of fire, and through fire, of its relationship to nature. Between the untamed fire of the wilderness and the tended fire of the hearth lies a never-ending dialectic in which human beings struggle to control natural forces and processes that in fact can sometimes be directed but never wholly dominated or contained.
LC Classification Number
WEB
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