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This revealing book synthesizes research from many fields to offer the first complete history of the roles played by weather and climate in American life from colonial times to the present. Author William B. Meyer characterizes weather events as neutral phenomena that are inherently neither hazards...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Meyer, William B.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
Temas:
Climatology > Social aspects.
Weather > Social aspects.
Nature > Effect of human beings on.
Climatic changes.
Climate Change
Temps (Météorologie) > Aspect social.
Homme > Influence sur la nature.
Climat > Changements.
climate change.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Geography.
Klimaat.
Klimaatveranderingen.
Weer.
Sociale aspecten.
United States > Climate > Social aspects.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • ONE: Climate, Cultures, and Founding Myths
  • TWO: Antebellum America
  • THREE: Postbellum America
  • FOUR: Modernizing America
  • FIVE: Since 1945: New Amenities, New Hazards
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W
  • Y
  • Z.

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