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



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Autore: Meyer William B. Visualizza persona
Titolo: Americans and their weather / / William B. Meyer [[electronic resource]] Visualizza cluster
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-19-755950-6
0-19-021282-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910812701603321
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Serie: Oxford scholarship online.