Fire and Civilization

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Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly
Arguing that human control of fire has been a neglected topic in 20th-century social sciences, University of Amsterdam sociologist Goudsblom here surveys the role of fire throughout a vast span of history. Though his style is bland, the author draws on disciplines from anthropology to history and ecology to offer intriguing insights. He begins with the domestication of fire, its impact on agrarianization and its place in ancient Israel, Greece and Rome--where the private fire brigade was instituted. Goudsblom also assesses the significance of fire in culture, suggesting that dread of hell-fire developed as people learned to fear fire in war and in cities. Looking at fire in the industrial age, Goudsblom notes that progress brought the safety match and better fuels as well as greater military destruction and planned, contained forest fires. A final chapter ranges from the psychological analysis of arsonists to the symbolic use of fire in public demonstrations and riots. (Mar.)
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Examines fire as destructive force & grand purveyor of the advancement of civilization. Explores this dichotomy from every possible perspective: historical, archaeological, anthropological, psychological, biological, ecological, & sociological.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780713990775
  • Publisher: Viking Adult
  • Publication date: 4/28/1993
  • Pages: 256
  • Product dimensions: 1.00 (w) x 1.00 (h) x 1.00 (d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction: The Civilizing Process and The Control of Fire 1
1 The Original Domestication of Fire 12
2 The Effects of the Use of Fire in Pre-Agrarian Societies 24
3 Fire and Agrarianization 42
4 Fire in Settled Agrarian Societies 55
5 Fire in Ancient Israel 72
6 Fire in Ancient Greece and Rome 95
7 Fire in Pre-Industrial Europe 128
8 Fire in the Industrial Age 164
9 The Control of Fire at Different Levels 194
Notes 216
Bibliography 227
Index 241
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