World fire the culture of fire on earth - Pyne, Stephen J. 1949- (University of Washington Press, 1997)
Originally published: New York : Holt, 1995
Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-360) and index
Smoke report : The new world order on fire -- Size-up : Firestick history; or, how to set the world on fire -- Hotspotting : Fire flume (Australia) ; Veld fire (South Africa) ; Queimada para limpeza (Brazil) ; Svedjebruk (Sweden) ; Greek fire (Greece) ; La nueva reconquista (Iberia) ; Red skies of Irkutsk (Russia) ; Nataraja (India) ; White darkness (Antarctica) -- Control : American fire : Initial attack: The U.S. Forest Service fights fire ; Coldtrailing ; Wilderness fire : Vestal fires and virgin lands ; The summer we let wild fire loose ; Intermix fire : The fire this time ; Nouvelle Southwest -- Mop-up : Consumed by either fire or fire -- After the last smoke : Flame and fortune