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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812701603321

Autore

Meyer William B.

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2020

ISBN

0-19-755950-6

0-19-021282-9

Edizione

[Updated edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (312 pages) : illustrations (black and white)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

551.6973

Soggetti

Climatic changes - Social aspects - United States

Climatic changes - Economic aspects - United States

United States Climate

United States Social conditions

United States Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

This edition previously issued in print: 2014.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This updated edition synthesizes research from many fields to offer a 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 nor resources, but can become either depending on the activities with which they interact.