| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 194 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction: Apprehending Climate Change; 1 Climate and Culture in Enlightenment Thought; 2 The Great Climate Debate in Colonial and Early America; 3 Privileged 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 Climatic Determinism of Ellsworth Huntington; 9 Global Warming? The Early Twentieth Century |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Online resource; title from digital title page (University Press Scholarship, viewed JUN 3, 2022) |
| Subject |
Climatic changes -- Europe -- History
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Climatic changes -- United States -- History
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Global environmental change -- History
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SCIENCE -- Philosophy & Social Aspects.
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Climatic changes
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Global environmental change
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Klimaänderung
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Geschichte
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Meteorologische Beobachtung
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Klimaatveranderingen.
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Geschichte 1700-1960.
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Europe
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United States
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Europa
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USA
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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Electronic book
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| LC no. |
97022545 |
| ISBN |
9780198024064 |
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0198024061 |
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9780197560365 |
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0197560369 |
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1280760192 |
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9781280760198 |
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9786610760190 |
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6610760195 |
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