The Southwest A Fire Survey / Stephen J. Pyne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pyne, Stephen J., 1949- author.

Series:

Pyne, Stephen J., 1949- To the last smoke.

To the last smoke / series by Stephen J. Pyne ; volume 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forest fires--Southwest, New--Prevention and control--History.

Forest fires.

Forest fires--Arizona--Prevention and control--History.

Forest fires--Southwest, New--History.

Forest fires--Arizona--History.

Wildfires--Southwest, New--Prevention and control--History.

Wildfires.

Wildfires--Arizona--Prevention and control--History.

Wildfires--Southwest, New--History.

Wildfires--Arizona--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (206 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2016

Place of Publication:

Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"The Southwest is part of the multivolume series describing the nation's fire scene region by region. The volumes in To the Last Smoke also cover California, the Northern Rockies, the Great Plains, Florida, and several other critical fire regions"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Prologue: cycles of fire

Sacred mountains

The Jemez: genesis effect

The Mogollon: after the west was won

The Huachucas: fire's borderlands

The Kaibab: friendly fire

Sky islands

Rhymes with Chiricahua

Top-down ecology: Mount Graham

The view from Tanque Verde

Borders and rims

Reinventing a fire commons

Thinking like a burnt mountain

Under and over the Tonto Rim

Rising from the ashes

Squaring the triangle

A refusal to mourn the death, by fire, of a crew in Yarnell

Epilogue: the Southwest between two fires.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8165-3448-9

OCLC:

953630954