05376nam 22008775 450 991067247400332120201105193037.01-349-46245-41-137-33394-41-137-33393-610.1057/9781137333933(CKB)2670000000569686(EBL)1809226(SSID)ssj0001347201(PQKBManifestationID)11869137(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001347201(PQKBWorkID)11350271(PQKB)10576526(MiAaPQ)EBC1809226(DE-He213)978-1-137-33393-3(EXLCZ)99267000000056968620151130d2014 u| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrClimate, Science, and Colonization[electronic resource] Histories from Australia and New Zealand /by Emily O'Gorman, Matthew Henry ; edited by J. Beattie1st ed. 2014.New York :Palgrave Macmillan US :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2014.1 online resource (305 p.)Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology,2730-972XIncludes index.1-322-16898-9 1-137-33392-8 Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Notes on Contributors; Introduction Climate, Science, and Colonization: Histories from Australia and New Zealand; Part I Frames, Events, and Responses; Chapter 1 Australasia: An Overview of Modern Climate and Paleoclimate during the Last Glacial Maximum; Chapter 2 "The usual weather in New South Wales is uncommonly bright and clear.......equal to the finest summer day in England"Chapter 3 Extreme Weather and ENSO: Their Social and Cultural Ramifications in New Zealand and Australia in the 1890sChapter 4 Pioneer Settlers Recognizing and Responding to the Climatic Challenges of Southern New Zealand; Part II Debating Human Effects; Chapter 5 "For the sake of a little grass": A Comparative History of Settler Science and Environmental Limits in South Austr; Chapter 6 Debating the Climatological Role of Forests in Australia, 1827-1949: ; Chapter 7 Science, Religion, and Drought: Rainmaking Experiments and Prayers in North Otago, 1889-1911*; Part III Climate UnderstandingsChapter 8 Farming on the Fringe: Agriculture and Climate Variability in the Western Australian Wheat Belt, 1890s to 1980s*Chapter 9 "Soothsaying" or "Science?": H. C. Russell, Meteorology, and Environmental Knowledge of Rivers in Colonial Australi; Chapter 10 Imported Understandings: Calendars, Weather, and Climate in Tropical Australia, 1870s-1940s; Chapter 11 Destabilizing Narratives of the "Triumph of the White Man over the Tropics"*: Scientific Knowledge and the Manage; Chapter 12 Australasian Airspace: Meteorology, and the Practical Geopolitics of Australasian Airspace, 1935-1940Epilogue: Future Research DirectionsIndexOffering new historical understandings of human responses to climate and climate change, this cutting-edge volume explores the dynamic relationship between settlement, climate, and colonization, covering everything from the physical impact of climate on agriculture and land development to the development of "folk" and government meteorologies.Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology,2730-972XSocial historyGeographyHistoryEnvironmental geographyAsia—HistorySoutheast Asia—HistorySocial Historyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/724000Geography, generalhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/J00000History of Sciencehttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/731000Environmental Geographyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/J19010Asian Historyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/715000History of Southeast Asiahttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/715050AustraliaClimateSocial aspectsNew ZealandClimateSocial aspectsSocial history.Geography.History.Environmental geography.Asia—History.Southeast Asia—History.Social History.Geography, general.History of Science.Environmental Geography.Asian History.History of Southeast Asia.304.2/50994HIS004000HIS048000HIS052000HIS054000bisacshO'Gorman Emilyauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1334890Henry Matthewauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/autBeattie Jedthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edtBOOK9910672474003321Climate, Science, and Colonization3047524UNINA