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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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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Fleming, James Rodger (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
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.
Klimaänderung
Geschichte
Meteorologische Beobachtung
Klimaatveranderingen.
Geschichte 1700-1960.
Europe.
United States.
Europa
USA.
Electronic books.
History.
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Table of 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.

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