Awful splendour : a fire history of Canada / Stephen J. Pyne ; foreword by Graeme Wynn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pyne, Stephen J., 1949-

Series:

Nature, history, society.

Nature, history, society, 1713-6687

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wildfires--Canada--History.

Wildfires.

Fires--Canada--History.

Fires.

Fire ecology--Canada--History.

Fire ecology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxix, 549 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Awful splendor, a fire history of Canada

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Fire is a defining element in Canadian land and life. With few exceptions, Canada's forests and prairies have evolved with fire. Its peoples have exploited fire and sought to protect themselves from its excesses, and since Confederation, the country has devised various institutions to connect fire and society. The choices Canadians have made say a great deal about their national character. Awful Splendour narrates the history of this grand saga"--Jacket

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Figures

Foreword

Author's Note

White Canada

Torch

Kindling

Fire Rings of Indigenous Canada

Tongues of Fire: Black Spruce and High Plains

Conflagration and Complex

Axe

Creating Fuel

Fire Frontiers of Imperial Canada

With Fire in Their Eyes: Gabriel Sagard and Henry Hind

"Burning Most Furiously"

Engine

Containing Combustion

Reconnaissance by Fire: Robert Bell and Bernhard Fernow

Fire Provinces of Industrial Canada

Internal Combustions

Green Canada

Continental Drift and Global Warming

Fire Geography of Green Canada

Slow Burns, Fast Flames

Fire and Ice

Notes

Bibliographic Essay

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-59357-9

9786612593574

0-7748-5585-1

OCLC:

923447324