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Introduction: Apprehending climate change. 1. Climate and culture in Enlightenment thought. 2. The great climate debate in colonial and early America. 3. Privilieged positions: The expansion of observing systems. 4. Climate discourse transformed. 5. Joseph Fourier's theory of terrestrial temper...

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Main Author: Fleming, James Rodger (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
Subjects:
Climatic changes > Europe > History.
Climatic changes > United States > History.
Global environmental change > History.
Climat > Changements > Europe > Histoire.
Climat > Changements > États-Unis > Histoire.
Changement global (Environnement) > Histoire.
SCIENCE > Philosophy & Social Aspects.
Climatic changes
Global environmental change
Europe
United States
Klimaänderung
Geschichte
Meteorologische Beobachtung
Europa
USA
Klimaatveranderingen.
Geschichte 1700-1960.
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Introduction: Apprehending climate change. 1. Climate and culture in Enlightenment thought. 2. The great climate debate in colonial and early America. 3. Privilieged positions: The expansion of observing systems. 4. Climate discourse transformed. 5. Joseph Fourier's theory of terrestrial temperatures. 6. John Tyndall, Svante Arrhenius, and early research on carbon dioxide and climate. 7. T.C. Chamberlin and the geological agency of the atmosphere. 8. The climate determinism of Ellsworth Huntington. 9. Global Warming? The early twentieth century. 10. Global cooling, global warming: Historical d.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 194 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780198024064
0198024061
9780197560365
0197560369
1280760192
9781280760198
9786610760190
6610760195