Uncertain climes: debating climate change in gilded age America

"Drawing on the writings of scientists, foresters, surveyors, and settlers, Joseph Giacomelli shows that climate uncertainty infused Gilded Age thinking about economic growth and national development. He details a multivalent discourse on climate that infused both practical concerns and overarc...

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Main Author: Giacomelli, Joseph (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago ; London The University of Chicago Press 2023
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:"Drawing on the writings of scientists, foresters, surveyors, and settlers, Joseph Giacomelli shows that climate uncertainty infused Gilded Age thinking about economic growth and national development. He details a multivalent discourse on climate that infused both practical concerns and overarching political themes, not least Manifest Destiny. Giacomelli makes it clear that uncertainty drew together concerns about human-induced climate change and cultural worries about the sustainability of capitalist expansionism. A rising belief in scientific positivism was matched by a growing awareness of the illusory nature of scientific certainty; faith in society's power to improve landscapes tussled with persistent fears of environmental catastrophe"--
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis Seite [203]-226. - Index
Physical Description:238 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten 24 cm
ISBN:9780226824437

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