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...
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| Kieli: | englanti |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2000.
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| Linkit: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=169040 |
Sisällysluettelo:
- 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.