Burning Bush: A Fire History of Australia - Hardcover

Pyne, Stephen J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0805014721 ISBN 13: 9780805014723

Publisher: Henry Holt & Co, 1991

Synopsis

Interprets Australian history from the perspective of fire and its destructive force, describing the interaction between fire, the Australian environment, and the country's human inhabitants

About this title

Review:

"This is a phenomenal piece of research and writing, an epic that moves from prehistoric geology to contemporary firefighting theory and draws on an array of natural and social sciences to do so. This is geographical writing at its best and most exhaustive and will intrigue anyone interested in Australia, the environment or human civilization." -- San Francisco Chronicle

Review:

Aborigines and eucalyptuses in effect worked together to make Australia one of the premier firescapes of the planet. Even today the burning bush remains a perennial challenge on the vast island continent.

(William Cronon, from the Foreword)

About this edition

• Publisher: Henry Holt & Co
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0805014721
• ISBN 13: 9780805014723
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 520