Eighteen hundred and froze to death : the impact of America's first climate crisis /

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"Almost 200 years ago the Northeast endured a dramatic, devastating series of cold spells, destroying crops, forcing thousand to migrate west, and causing many to wonder if their assumptions about a world governed by a beneficial Providence were valid. The so-called 'year without a summer&...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dippel, John Van Houten, 1946- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Algora Publishing, 2015.
Temas:
1800-1899
Climatic changes > Northeastern States > History > 19th century.
Cold waves (Meteorology) > Northeastern States > History > 19th century.
Climatic changes > Social aspects > Northeastern States > History > 19th century.
Social change > Northeastern States > History > 19th century.
Climat > Changements > États-Unis (Nord-Est) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Vagues de froid > États-Unis (Nord-Est) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Climat > Changements > Aspect social > États-Unis (Nord-Est) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Climatic changes.
Climatic changes > Social aspects.
Cold waves (Meteorology)
Ecology.
Economic history.
Politics and government.
Social change.
Social conditions.
Northeastern States > Environmental conditions > History > 19th century.
Northeastern States > Social conditions > 19th century.
Northeastern States > Politics and government > 19th century.
Northeastern States > Economic conditions > 19th century.
États-Unis (Nord-Est) > Conditions environnementales > Histoire > 19e siècle.
États-Unis (Nord-Est) > Conditions sociales > 19e siècle.
États-Unis (Nord-Est) > Conditions économiques > 19e siècle.
Northeastern States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. The Coldest Summer on Record
  • Chapter 2. In Search of a New Garden of Eden
  • Chapter 3. A Real American Revolution
  • Chapter 4. Who Hurls the Thunderbolt Now?
  • Chapter 5. From Ploughshares to Power Looms
  • Chapter 6. Confronting the Monster Within
  • Postscript
  • Acknowledgements
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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