In this Book
- World Fire: The Culture of Fire on Earth
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: University of Washington Press
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
Table of Contents
- Preface to the 1997 Paperback Edition
- pp. xiii-xiv
- SMOKEREPORT
- The New World Order on Fire
- pp. 3-8
- SIZE-UP
- HOTSPOTTING
- Fire Flume (Australia)
- pp. 29-44
- Veld Fire (South Africa)
- pp. 45-59
- Queimada Para Limpeza (Brazil)
- pp. 60-75
- Svedjebruk (Sweden)
- pp. 76-94
- Greek Fire (Greece)
- pp. 95-109
- La Nuevo Reconquisto (Iberia)
- pp. 110-128
- Red Skies of Irkutsk (Russia)
- pp. 129-148
- Nataraja (India)
- pp. 149-170
- White Darkness (Antarctica)
- pp. 171-180
- CONTROL
- Coldtrailing
- pp. 219-237
- Vestal Fires and Virgin Lands
- pp. 238-255
- The Summer We Let Wild Fire Loose
- pp. 256-268
- The Fire This Time
- pp. 269-281
- Nouvelle Southwest
- pp. 282-296
- MOP-UP
- Consumed by Either Fire or Fire
- pp. 299-328
- AFTER THELAST SMOKE
- Flame and Fortune
- pp. 331-342
- Notes and Additional Reading
- pp. 343-360
- Illustration Sources and Credits
- pp. 381-384