HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES ON CLIMATE CHANGE

FLEMING, J. R.

ISBN 10: 0195078705 / ISBN 13: 9780195078701

Published by OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1998

About this Item

FLEMING, J. R.: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES ON CLIMATE CHANGE. OXFORD, 1998, xi 194 p. figuras, 505 gr. Encuadernacion original. Nuevo. (HZC) 505 gr.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES ON CLIMATE CHANGE
• Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195078705
• ISBN 13: 9780195078701
• Binding: Encuadernación de tapa blanda
• Edition: 1ª Edición
• Condition: Nuevo
• Weight: 505 grams
• Book Type: Libro
• Seller catalogs:
  • Geografia
  • Historia de la ciencia

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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 R. Fleming is at Colby College.