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Fire management in the American West : forest politics and the rise of megafires /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hudson, Mark, 1971 June 27-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boulder, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, [2011]
Subjects:
Forest products industry > Environmental aspects > West (U.S.) > History.
Forest products industry > West (U.S.) > History.
Forests and forestry > Fire management > Political aspects > West (U.S.) > History.
Forests and forestry > Fire management > West (U.S.) > History.
Wildfires > West (U.S.) > Prevention and control > History > Sources.
Wildfires > West (U.S.) > Prevention and control > History.
United States. > Forest Service > History.
West (U.S.) > Environmental conditions.
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Table of Contents:
  • The Social Dimensions of Wildfire
  • Forester-Kings? Fire Suppression and the State
  • Managing in the Wake of the Ax
  • Out of the Frying Pan : Catastrophic Fire as a "Crisis of Crisis Management"
  • The Weight of Past Weakness : Prospects for Ecological Modernization in Fire Management
  • Conclusion: The Chronic Parolee.