TY  - GEN
T1  - Americans and their weather
A1  - Meyer, William B.
LA  - English
PP  - Oxford ; New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
YR  - 2000
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn560171441
AB  - This revealing book synthesizes research from many fields to offer the first complete history of the roles played by weather and climate in American life from colonial times to the present. Author William B. Meyer characterizes weather events as neutral phenomena that are inherently neither hazards nor resources, but can become either depending on the activities with which they interact. Meyer documents the ways in which different kinds of weather throughout history have represented hazards and resources not only for such exposed outdoor pursuits as agriculture, warfare, transportation, construction, and recreation, but for other realms of life ranging from manufacturing to migration to human health. He points out that while the weather and climate by themselves have never determined the course of human events, their significance as been continuously altered for better and for worse by the evolution of American life.
OP  - 278
CN  - QC983 .M455 2000eb
SN  - 9780195131826
SN  - 0195131827
SN  - 1429401370
SN  - 9781429401371
SN  - 1280472820
SN  - 9781280472824
SN  - 9786610472826
SN  - 6610472823
SN  - 0195351177
SN  - 9780195351170
KW  - Climatology : Social aspects.
KW  - Weather : Social aspects.
KW  - Nature : Effect of human beings on.
KW  - Climatic changes.
KW  - United States : Climate : Social aspects.
KW  - Climate Change
KW  - Temps (Météorologie) : Aspect social.
KW  - Êtres humains : Influence sur la nature.
KW  - Climat : Changements.
KW  - climate change.
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE : Human Geography.
KW  - Climatic changes
KW  - Climatology : Social aspects
KW  - Nature : Effect of human beings on
KW  - Weather : Social aspects
KW  - United States
KW  - Klimaat.
KW  - Klimaatveranderingen.
KW  - Weer.
KW  - Sociale aspecten.
ER  -