Historical perspectives on climate change
This book examines changing theories and perceptions of climatic change from the Enlightenment to the mid-twentieth century in both Europe and America. It explores the intellectual, social, and cultural meanings of climate and climate change through a fusion of history of science and cultural history.
History
xi, 194 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780195078701, 9780195189735, 0195078705, 0195189736
37201313
Introduction: Apprehending Climate Change
1. Climate and Culture in Enlightenment Thought
2. The Great Climate Debate in Colonial and Early America
3. Privileged Positions: The Expansion of Observing Systems
4. Climate Discourse Transformed
5. Joseph Fourier's Theory of Terrestrial Temperatures
6. John Tyndall, Svante Arrhenius, and Early Research on Carbon Dioxide and Climate
7. T.C. Chamberlin and the Geological Agency of the Atmosphere
8. The Climatic Determinism of Ellsworth Huntington
9. Global Warming? The Early Twentieth Century
10. Global Cooling, Global Warming: Historical Dimensions