Explores the history of human interaction with this elemental force.
Stephen J. Pyne is professor emeritus at Arizona State University. He spent fifteen seasons with the North Rim Longshots fire crew and three seasons writing fire plans for the National Park Service. He is author of the critically acclaimed Cycle of Fire books.
"Stephen J. Pyne writes about fire as if he were on fire, with
searing, consuming heat and light. When he looks at fire he sees
not biological catastrophe but social illumination and natural
renewal."
*Seattle Times*
"Fire: A Brief History packs into one slender volume a sweeping
tale of fire, and man's interactions with fire, from prehistory to
the dawn of the twenty-first century. Pyne's perceptive words and
tightly organized sentences allow him to suggest many
thought-provoking ideas and to bring to his audience a fascinating
story of fire's role in shaping our world."
*H-Net Reviews*
"No one is better qualified to teach us about fire’s history,
fire’s crucial role in shaping landscapes, than Stephen Pyne. His
discussions of forestry, land-management elitism, pastoral
incendiarism, nature reserves, the conservation movement and the
ecology of disturbance are profoundly valuable."
*New York Times*
"Pyne is the world’s leading authority on the history of fire, and
his erudition is phenomenal. He offers us a broad panorama of
ecological and human history in a framework of geology and
geography. He shows what a great impact fire has had in shaping
landscapes, flora, and fauna all over the world, and how in the
late Pleistocene humans have, as it were, joined forces with fire
by learning to manipulate it."
*Science*
"An excellent overview of why the history of humanity cannot be
told without the history of fire. . . . An excellent book and
strongly recommended for all audiences, especially those with
interests in anthropology, geography, history, natural sciences, or
the humanities."
*Choice*
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