Historical Perspectives on Climate Change (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2005
First published:	July 2005
Authors:	James Rodger Fleming (Professor in the Science, Technology, and Society Program)
Dimensions:	235 x 152 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	208
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-518973-5
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmentalist thought & ideology Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > Meteorology > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Pollution & threats to the environment > Global warming Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, c 1600 to c 1800 Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, c 1600 to c 1800
LSN:	0-19-518973-6
Barcode:	9780195189735

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