Dimensions
137 x 210 x 11mm
Australia is one of the world's fire powers. We have bushfires, fire institutions, fire scholarship, and a vigorous fire politics – in no other country has fire made such an impact on the national culture. Over the past decade, bushfires have reasserted their influence – especially in the wake of the 2003 bushfires that ravaged the Australian Alps and burned into Canberra.
Stephen Pyne traces the environmental and social significance of the use of fire to shape the environment through Australian history, beginning with Aboriginal usage, and the subsequent passing of the firestick to rural colonists.
'Firepower' is a profound account of the complexities involved in understanding how fire has shaped our cultural, political and physical landscape.
