Historical Perspectives on Climate Change
This intriguing volume provides a thorough examination of the historical roots of global climate change as a field of inquiry, from the Enlightenment to the late twentieth century. Based on primary and archival sources, the book is filled with interesting perspectives on what people have understood, experienced, and feared about the climate and its changes in the past. Chapters explore climate and culture in Enlightenment thought; climate debates in early America; the development of international networks of observation; the scientific transformation of climate discourse; and early contributions to understanding terrestrial temperature change…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-19-518973-5
- EAN: 9780195189735
- Produktnummer: 22669500
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
- Seitenangabe: 208 S.
- Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.2 cm 303 g
- Abbildungen: 11 line illus.
- Gewicht: 303
Über den Autor
James Rodger Fleming is Professor in the Science, Thechnology, and Society Program at Colby College.
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