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Item Details
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BURNING BUSH
A FIRE HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA |
| By: |
Stephen J. Pyne |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£21.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0295976772 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780295976778 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 June, 1998 |
| Series: |
Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books |
| Pages: |
548 |
| Description: |
Author Stephen Pyne traces the impact of fire in Australia, from its influence on vegetation to its use by Aborigines and European settlers. "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. A Weyerhaeuser Environmental Book. 14 photos. |
| Synopsis: |
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 |
| US Grade: |
College Graduate Student and over |
| Illustrations: |
15 illus. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
University of Washington Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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