{"product_id":"the-still-burning-bush-stephen-pyne-9781950354481","title":"The Still-Burning Bush","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLong a fire continent, Australia now finds itself at the leading edge of a fire epoch.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAustralia is one of the world's fire powers. It not only has regular bushfires, but in no other country has fire made such an impact on the national culture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOver the past two decades, bushfires have reasserted themselves as an environmental, social, and political presence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Still-Burning Bush\u003c\/em\u003e traces the ecological 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 and then to foresters, to ecologists, and back to Indigenes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEach transfer kindled public debate not only over suitable fire practices but also about how Australians should live on the land. In Australia, the 2019-2020 season have heightened the sense of urgency behind this discussion, as the megafires of recent decades and the serial conflagrations in California have for Americans.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Still-Burning Bush\u003c\/em\u003e examines the global changes that are affecting Australia (and the world). Especially pertinent is the concept of a Pyrocene--the idea that humanity's cumulative fire practices are fashioning the fire equivalent of an ice age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen Pyne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1950354482\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781950354481\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribe Us\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.30w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2020","brand":"Stephen Pyne","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43988966736127,"sku":"9781950354481","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f5c5bd5e-f605-47d7-ae7f-a46fbedee5e3.jpg?v=1683297207","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-still-burning-bush-stephen-pyne-9781950354481","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}