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UNINA9910970160603321 |
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Autore |
Fleming James Rodger |
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Titolo |
Historical perspectives on climate change / / James Rodger Fleming |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 1998 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-756036-9 |
1-280-76019-2 |
9786610760190 |
0-19-802406-1 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xi, 194p. ) : ill., maps |
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Collana |
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Oxford scholarship online |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Climatic changes - Europe - History |
Climatic changes - United States - History |
Global environmental change - History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Previously issued in print: 1998. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- 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 -- 10 Global Cooling, Global Warming: Historical Dimensions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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'Historical Perspectives on Climate Change' provides historical perspectives on the climate apprehensions of scientists and the general public from the Englightenment to the late twentieth century. Issues discussed include what people have understood, experienced and feared about the climate and its changes in the past; how privileged and authoritative positions on climate have been established; the paths by which we have arrived at our current state of knowledge and |
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