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Fire and civilization /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Goudsblom, Johan
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Allen Lane, 1992.
Subjects:
Fires > History
Fire.
Fire > Folklore.
Civilization > History.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The original domestication of fire
  • The effects of the use of fire in pre-agrarian societies
  • Fire and agrarianization
  • Fire in settled agrarian societies
  • Fire in Ancient Israel
  • Fire in Ancient Greece and Rome
  • Fire in Pre-Industrial Europe
  • Fire in The Industrial Age
  • The control of fire at different levels.