Vestal fire: an environmental history, told through fire, of europe and europe's encounter with the world
Auteur :
Pyne, Stephen J.
Éditeur :
University of Washington Press
ISBN :
9780295979489
Date de publication :
1 mars 2000
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
998 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Between the untamed fire of the wilderness and the tended fire of the hearth lies a never-ending dialectic in which human beings struggle to control natural forces and processes that in fact can sometimes be directed but never wholly dominated or contained.