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Historical perspectives on climage change
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- Book Synopsis
- This intriguing volume provides a thorough examination of the historical roots of global climate change as a field of inquiry, from the Enlightenment to the late twentieth century. Based on primary and archival sources, the book is filled with interesting perspectives on what people have understood, experienced, and feared about the climate and its changes in the past. Chapters explore climate and culture in Enlightenment thought; climate debates in early America; the development of international networks of observation; the scientific transformation of climate discourse; and early contributions to understanding terrestrial temperature changes, infrared radiation, and the carbon dioxide theory of climate. But perhaps most important, this book shows what a study of the past has to offer the interdisciplinary investigation of current environmental problems.
- About The Author
- James Rodger Fleming is Professor in the Science, Thechnology, and Society Program at Colby College.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780195189735
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, (19 May 2005)
- Number of Pages
- 208
- Weight
- 304 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 234 x 156 x 11.4 mm
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