Americans and their weather / / William B. Meyer [[electronic resource]]
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| Autore: |
Meyer William B.
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| Titolo: |
Americans and their weather / / William B. Meyer [[electronic resource]]
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| Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2020 |
| Edizione: | Updated edition. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (312 pages) : illustrations (black and white) |
| Disciplina: | 551.6973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Climatic changes - Social aspects - United States |
| Climatic changes - Economic aspects - United States | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Climate |
| United States Social conditions | |
| United States Economic conditions | |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Americans and their weather |
| ISBN: | 0-19-755950-6 |
| 0-19-021282-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910794878303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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