Vestal Fire
An Environmental History, Told Through Fire, of Europe and Europe's Encounter with the World
Pyne, Stephen J.
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Year Published: 1998
Pages: 659pp Price: $48.95 Resource Type: Book
Cx Number: CX6774
Abstract:
Pyne writes in this book that fire was a primary tool in European colonialism. Later, fire was dismissed by Europeans as destructive and hellish; the only good fire should be is in the living room.