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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460590203321

Autore

Dippel John Van Houten <1946->

Titolo

Eighteen hundred and froze to death : the impact of America's first climate crisis / / John V.H. Dippel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Algora Publishing, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-62894-119-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (222 p.)

Disciplina

363.34/92

Soggetti

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

Electronic books.

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""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""