Fire and civilization
By: Johan Goudsblom.
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 1994
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
Subjects: Fire.; Civilization -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-240) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The original domestication of fire; title: The effects of the use of fire in pre-agrarian societies; title: Fire and agrarianization; title: Fire in settled agrarian societies; title: Fire in Ancient Israel; title: Fire in Ancient Greece and Rome; title: Fire in Pre-Industrial Europe; title: Fire in The Industrial Age; title: The control of fire at different levels.