Fire, native peoples, and the natural landscape  [electronic resource] / 
edited by Thomas R. Vale. 
 - Washington, DC :  Island Press,  c2002. 
 - xv, 315 p. :  ill., maps. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>The pre-European landscape of the United States : pristine or humanized? / Thomas R. Vale -- Indians and fire in the Rocky Mountains : the wilderness hypothesis renewed / William L. Baker -- Prehistoric human impacts on fire regimes and vegetation in the northern intermountain West / Duane Griffin -- Fire in the pre-European lowlands of the American Southwest / Kathleen C. Parker -- Lots of lightning and plenty of people : an ecological history of fire in the upland Southwest / Craig D. Allen -- Prehistoric burning in the Pacific Northwest : human versus climatic influences / Cathy Whitlock and Margaret A. Knox -- Fire in Sierra Nevada Forests : evaluating the ecological impact of burning by Native Americans / Albert J. Parker -- Pre-European fire in California chaparral / Jacob Bendix -- Reflections / Thomas R. Vale. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Nature--Effect of human beings on--West (U.S.)<br/>Indians of North America--Social life and customs.--West (U.S.)<br/>Landscapes--West (U.S.)<br/>Fire ecology--West (U.S.)
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>West (U.S.)--Environmental conditions--History.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GF504.W35  / F57 2002 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>304.2/0978