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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
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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)Mr. Pyne, showing what a historian deeply schooled in environmental science can contribute to our awareness of nature and culture, has produced a provocative work that is a major contribution to the literature of environmental studies.
(New York Times Book Review)Stephen Pyne is a great storyteller, and here he weaves as fine a tale as one could imagine about a phenomenon as seemingly ordinary as fire.
(Natural History)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.
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- PublisherHenry Holt & Co
- Publication date1992
- ISBN 10 0805021019
- ISBN 13 9780805021011
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