Tending fire : Coping with America’s wildland fires

Tending Fire provides a remarkably broad, sometimes startling context for understanding fire. Pyne traces the "ancient alliance" between fire and humanity, delves into the role of European expansion and the creation of fire-prone public lands, and then explores the effects wrought by chang...

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Päätekijä: Pyne, Stephen J.
Aineistotyyppi: Kirja
Kieli:Undetermined
Julkaistu: Washington Island Press 2004
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