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Burning Bush
A Fire History of AustraliaWeyerhaueser Cycle of Fire
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26,99 € |
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| Verlag: | University Of Washington Press |
| Format: | EPUB |
| Veröffentl.: | 24.08.2017 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9780295998831 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 548 |
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Beschreibungen
<p>Pyne traces the impact of fire in Australia, from its influence on vegetation to its use by Aborigines and European settlers.“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</p>
<p>Foreword by William Cronon</p>
<p>Preface to the 1998 Paperback Edition</p>
<p>Preface to the Original Edition: Firestick History</p>
<p>Map of Australia</p>
<p>Map of Australia's Vegetation</p>
<p>Prologue: Dust to Dust</p>
<p>BOOK ONE: THE EUCALYPT</p>
<p>The Universal Australian</p>
<p>Unemaginable Freaks of Fire: Profile of a Pyrophyte</p>
<p>Red Centre: Fire Regimes of Old Australia</p>
<p>Land of Contraries</p>
<p>BOOK TWO: THE ABORIGINE</p>
<p>Flaming Front</p>
<p>Fierstick Farmer: Profile of a Pyrophile</p>
<p>Fires of the Dreaming</p>
<p>Smokes by Day, Fires by Night: Fire Regimes of Aboriginal Australia</p>
<p>This Wonderful Depository of Fire</p>
<p>BOOK THREE: THE EUROPEAN</p>
<p>Entwining Fire</p>
<p>Reconnaissance by Fire: Education of a Pyrophile</p>
<p>Red Steer and Green Pick</p>
<p>Beyond the Black Stump</p>
<p>Fire Conservancy</p>
<p>Burning Off: Fire Provinces of European Australia</p>
<p>When the Billy Boiled</p>
<p>BOOK FOUR: THE NEW AUSTRALIAN</p>
<p>The Two Fires</p>
<p>Antipodean Fire: The Australian Strategy</p>
<p>Wild Bush, Urban Bush: Fire Regimes in New Australia</p>
<p>Epilogue: Ashes to Ashes</p>
<p>Notes</p>
<p>Bibliographic Essay</p>
<p>Index</p>
<p>Preface to the 1998 Paperback Edition</p>
<p>Preface to the Original Edition: Firestick History</p>
<p>Map of Australia</p>
<p>Map of Australia's Vegetation</p>
<p>Prologue: Dust to Dust</p>
<p>BOOK ONE: THE EUCALYPT</p>
<p>The Universal Australian</p>
<p>Unemaginable Freaks of Fire: Profile of a Pyrophyte</p>
<p>Red Centre: Fire Regimes of Old Australia</p>
<p>Land of Contraries</p>
<p>BOOK TWO: THE ABORIGINE</p>
<p>Flaming Front</p>
<p>Fierstick Farmer: Profile of a Pyrophile</p>
<p>Fires of the Dreaming</p>
<p>Smokes by Day, Fires by Night: Fire Regimes of Aboriginal Australia</p>
<p>This Wonderful Depository of Fire</p>
<p>BOOK THREE: THE EUROPEAN</p>
<p>Entwining Fire</p>
<p>Reconnaissance by Fire: Education of a Pyrophile</p>
<p>Red Steer and Green Pick</p>
<p>Beyond the Black Stump</p>
<p>Fire Conservancy</p>
<p>Burning Off: Fire Provinces of European Australia</p>
<p>When the Billy Boiled</p>
<p>BOOK FOUR: THE NEW AUSTRALIAN</p>
<p>The Two Fires</p>
<p>Antipodean Fire: The Australian Strategy</p>
<p>Wild Bush, Urban Bush: Fire Regimes in New Australia</p>
<p>Epilogue: Ashes to Ashes</p>
<p>Notes</p>
<p>Bibliographic Essay</p>
<p>Index</p>
<p>"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</p>
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