Book ID: CBB000954843

Awful Splendour: A Fire History of Canada (2007)

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Pyne, Stephen J. (Author)


UBC Press


Publication Date: 2007
Physical Details: xxix + 549 pp.; ill.; maps; bibl.; index
Language: English

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Review Taylor, Joseph E., III (2009) Review of "Awful Splendour: A Fire History of Canada". Environmental History (p. 167). unapi

Citation URI
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Authors & Contributors
Wildish, David
Cordner, Alissa
Wynn, Graeme
Wright, Miriam
Wråkberg, Urban
Wallace, Matthew L.
Journals
Environmental History
Canadian Historical Review
Social Science History
Scientia Canadensis: Journal of the History of Canadian Science, Technology, and Medicine
Journal of Historical Geography
Journal of Canadian Studies
Publishers
University of California, San Diego
University of Toronto Press
Septentrion
Oxford University Press
Oregon State University Press
McGill-Queen's University Press
Concepts
Environmental sciences
Science and politics
Combustion; fire
Environmental history
Ecology
Public health
Time Periods
20th century
20th century, late
20th century, early
21st century
19th century
Places
Canada
United States
Arctic regions
Columbia River
Great Lakes (North America)
Montreal (Quebec, Canada)
Institutions
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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