Vestal fire : an environmental history, told through fire, of Europe and Europe's encounter with the world
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Pyne, Stephen J., 1949-
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Cronon, William, writer of foreword.
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SD421.34.E85 P95 1997
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Subjects

LC Subjects
Fire ecology -- Europe.
Fire ecology.
Fires -- Europe.
Fires.
Wildfires -- Europe.
Wildfires.
OCLC Fast Subjects
Europe. -- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJxCxPbbk4CPJDQJb4r6rq
Fire ecology.
Fires.
Wildfires.
Other Subjects
15.59 history of great parts of the world, peoples, civilizations: other.
Europa
Feuer
Feuerökologie
Feux de friches -- Europe.
Feux de friches.
Fires
History (form)
Incendies -- Europe.
Incendies.
Milieu.
Natur
Vuur.
Écologie des feux -- Europe.
Écologie des feux.
Ökologie

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Physical Desc
xvii, 659 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English

Notes

Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 587-633) and index.
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"Stephen Pyne takes the reader on a journey through time, exploring the terrain of Europe and the uses and abuses of these lands as well as, through migration and conquest, many parts of the rest of the world." "Vestal Fire takes its title from Vesta, Roman goddess of the hearth and keeper of the sacred fire on Mount Olympus. But the book's title also suggests the strength and limitations of Europe's peculiar conception of fire, and through fire, of its relationship to nature. Between the untamed fire of the wilderness and the tended fire of the hearth lies a never-ending dialectic in which human beings struggle to control natural forces and processes that in fact can sometimes be directed but never wholly dominated or contained."--Jacket.
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SACFinal081324

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Pyne, S. J., & Cronon, W. (1997). Vestal fire: an environmental history, told through fire, of Europe and Europe's encounter with the world . University of Washington Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Pyne, Stephen J., 1949- and William, Cronon. 1997. Vestal Fire: An Environmental History, Told Through Fire, of Europe and Europe's Encounter With the World. Seattle: University of Washington Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Pyne, Stephen J., 1949- and William, Cronon. Vestal Fire: An Environmental History, Told Through Fire, of Europe and Europe's Encounter With the World Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1997.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Pyne, S. J. and Cronon, W. (1997). Vestal fire: an environmental history, told through fire, of europe and europe's encounter with the world. Seattle: University of Washington Press.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Pyne, Stephen J., and William Cronon. Vestal Fire: An Environmental History, Told Through Fire, of Europe and Europe's Encounter With the World University of Washington Press, 1997.

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