Historical perspectives on climate change /:

Introduction: Apprehending climate change. 1. Climate and culture in Enlightenment thought. 2. The great climate debate in colonial and early America. 3. Privilieged positions: The expansion of observing systems. 4. Climate discourse transformed. 5. Joseph Fourier's theory of terrestrial temper...

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1. Verfasser: Fleming, James Rodger (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction: Apprehending climate change. 1. Climate and culture in Enlightenment thought. 2. The great climate debate in colonial and early America. 3. Privilieged positions: The expansion of observing systems. 4. Climate discourse transformed. 5. Joseph Fourier's theory of terrestrial temperatures. 6. John Tyndall, Svante Arrhenius, and early research on carbon dioxide and climate. 7. T.C. Chamberlin and the geological agency of the atmosphere. 8. The climate determinism of Ellsworth Huntington. 9. Global Warming? The early twentieth century. 10. Global cooling, global warming: Historical d.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xi, 194 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780198024064
0198024061
9780197560365
0197560369
1280760192
9781280760198
9786610760190
6610760195

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