Fire in America: A Cultural History of Wildland and Rural Fire | National Humanities Center

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Fire in America: A Cultural History of Wildland and Rural Fire

By Stephen J. Pyne (NHC Fellow, 1979–80; 2002–03)

Fire; Wildfires; Environmental History; Cultural History

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1982

From the publisher’s description:

From prehistory to the present-day conservation movement, Pyne explores the efforts of successive American cultures to master wildfire and to use it to shape the landscape.

Subjects
Environment and Nature / History / Fire / Wildfires / Environmental History / Cultural History /

Pyne, Stephen J. (NHC Fellow, 1979–80; 2002–03). Fire in America: A Cultural History of Wildland and Rural Fire. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1982.