Bibliograph

Fire, a brief history, Stephen J. Pyne

Type

Label

Fire, a brief history, Stephen J. Pyne

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Fire

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Stephen J. Pyne

Sub title

a brief history

Summary

What does a full-blown Fire Age look like? We are about to find out, and Australia will feel the looking-glass transition from an ice world to a fire world more fully and suddenly than elsewhere. Over vast expanses of time, fire and humanity have interacted to expand the domain of each, transforming the Earth and what it means to be human. In this book, Stephen J. Pyne explores the surprising dynamics of fire before humans, fire and human origins, hunting and foraging, agricultural and pastoral uses of fire, fire ceremonies, fire as an idea and a technology and industrial fire. With this revised and expanded edition, Pyne looks to the future of fire as an informing presence on Earth. He explores its importance for the 21st century, with special attention to its role in the Anthropocene, or what he posits might equally be called the Pyrocene. Includes a new preface about Australia and our ever-expanding, catastrophic fire season

Target audience

adult

Creator