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Burning bush : a fire history of Australia
- Title
- Burning bush : a fire history of Australia / Stephen J. Pyne.
- Author
- Pyne, Stephen J., 1949-
- Publication
- New York, N.Y. : Holt, ©1991.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | GF801 .P96 1991 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xiv, 520 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
- Summary
- Narrates the story of how fire came to Australia and how the aborigines used it to remake their environment.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Book I: The eucalypt 1. The universal Australia -- 2. Unimaginable freaks of fire: profile of a pyrophyte -- 3. Red centre: fire regimes of old Australia -- 4. Land of contrarities -- Book II: The Aborigine -- 3. Flaming front -- 6. Firestick farmer: profile of a pyrophile -- 7. Fires of the Dreaming -- 8. Smokes by day, fires by night: fire regimes of Aboriginal Australia -- 9. This wonderful depository of fire -- Book III: The European -- 10. Entwining fire -- 11. Reconnaissance by fire: education of a pyrofile -- 12. Red steers and green pick -- 13. Beyond the black stump -- 14. Fire conservancy -- 15. Burning off: fire provences of European Australia -- 16. When the billy boiled -- Book IV: The new Australian -- 17. The two fires -- 18. Antipodean fire: the Australian strategy -- 19. Wild bush, urban bush: fire regimes of new Australia -- 20. Dieback -- Epilogue: Ashes to ashes.
- ISBN
- 0805014721
- 9780805014723
- LCCN
- 90025116
- OCLC
- ocm22861817
- 22861817
- SCSB-1907000
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library