The mistral : a windswept history of modern France /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Dunlop, Catherine Tatiana (Author)
Corporate Author:	EBSCOhost
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2024.
Subjects:	Mistral > History > 19th century. Winds > France > Provence > History > 19th century. Human ecology > France > Provence > History > 19th century. Atmospheric science > France > History > 19th century. Atmospheric science. Human ecology. Winds. France. France > Provence. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Introduction
Invisible sculptor: the mistral and the formation of the Provençal landscape
The lion's roar: Mediterranean journeys with the mistral
Ascent into the wind: The Mont Ventoux Observatory and the rise of atmospheric science
Good air, bad air: public health and the cleansing power of the mistral
A sense of place: painting the mistral in the open air
Epilogue: living with the mistral in the twenty-first century.