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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784790103321

Autore

Meyer William B

Titolo

Americans and their weather [[electronic resource] /] / William B. Meyer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000

ISBN

1-280-47282-0

9786610472826

0-19-535117-7

1-4294-0137-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Disciplina

304.2/5/0973

Soggetti

Climatology - Social aspects

Weather - Social aspects

Nature - Effect of human beings on

Climatic changes - Environmental aspects

United States Climate Social aspects

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

Contents; 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

Sommario/riassunto

Synthesizing research from various fields, this book offers a complete history of the roles played by weather and climate in American life from colonial times to the present. It points out that the significance of the weather and climate are continuously altered by the evolution of American life.