Americans and their weather /

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...

詳細記述

書誌詳細
第一著者: Meyer, William B.
フォーマット: Licensed eBooks
言語:英語
出版事項: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
オンライン・アクセス:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=169040
目次:
  • Introduction
  • ONE: Climate, Cultures, and Founding Myths
  • TWO: Antebellum America
  • THREE: Postbellum America
  • FOUR: Modernizing America
  • FIVE: Since 1945: New Amenities, New Hazards
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W
  • Y
  • Z.