Fire (eBook)

AcknowledgmentsForeword: Small Book, Big StoryIntroduction: KindlingFIRE AND EARTH: CREATING COMBUSTIONHow Fire Came to BeHow Life Accommodated FireFirst Fire TodayTouched by FireFRONTIERS OF FIRE (PART 1): FIRE COLONIZING BY HOMINIDSWhat Made Early Fires EffectiveFirst Contact: When Fire ArrivesLost Contact: When Fire DepartsABORIGINAL FIRE: CONTROLLING THE SPARKWhy They BurnedWhere and How They BurnedDying Fire: When the Firestick LeavesAGRICULTURAL FIRE: CULTIVATING FUELThe FIre in Agriculture's HearthHow to Cultivate FireWhat They Meant to Each OtherRites of FireFRONTIERS OF FIRE (PART 2): FIRE COLONIZING BY AGRICULTUREHow Conversion Leads to ColonizationStories from the Fire FrontierComings and Goings of Agricultural Fire TodayURBAN FIRE: BUILDING HABITATS FOR FIREHearth and House: Making a Home for FireBuilt to Burn: A Fire Ecology for the City CombustibleThe Eternal Flame Invisible: Fire in the Industrial CityPYROTECHNICS: FIRE AND TECHNOLOGYPrometheus UncainedCycles of Pyrotechnology: How Fire Has Cooked the EarthFire Powers: Controlled--and Not-So-Controlled--Fire as Mover and ShakerFire in the MudFRONTIERS OF FIRE (PARK 3): FIRE COLONIZING BY EUROPEHow Europe Expanded Fire's RealmHow Europe Contained Fire's RealmHow Europe Redefined Fire's RealmINDUSTRIAL FIRE: STOKING THE BIG BURNHow Industrial Combustion Has Added FireHow Industrial Combustion Has Subtracted FireHow Industrial Combustion Has Rearranged Fire RegimesTHE FUTURE OF FIRE: BURNING BEYOND THE MILLENIUMAs the World Burns: What Is and Isn't Burning, and Where Still the Keeper of the FlameSelected Sources and Further ReadingIndex