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Climate and the picturesque in the American tropics /

This book explains how we came to think of the climate as something abstract and remote rather than a force that actively shapes our existence. It shows how the writings of American travellers in the Caribbean registered and pushed forward a new understanding of the climate in a pivotal period in mo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Boyden, Michael (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]
Series:Oxford studies in American literary history.
Subjects:
Travelers' writings, American > History and criticism.
American prose literature > 18th century > History and criticism.
American prose literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Climatology in literature.
Caribbean Area > Description and travel.
Écrits de voyageurs américains > Histoire et critique.
Prose américaine > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Prose américaine > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Climat dans la littérature.
Caraïbes (Région) > Descriptions et voyages.
Ecology.
NATURE.
Global Warming & Climate Change.
SCIENCE.
Cultural.
Anthropology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE.
Environmental.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING.
American prose literature
Climatology in literature
Travel
Travelers' writings, American
Caribbean Area
Literature: history & criticism.
Literature.
1700-1899
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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