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Uncertain climes : debating climate change in gilded age America
Author
Title
Uncertain climes : debating climate change in gilded age America / Joseph Giacomelli.
ISBN
9780226824444 (electronic bk.)
0226824446 (electronic bk.)
9780226824437
0226824438
Publication
Chicago, IL : The University of Chicago Press, 2023.
Copyright Notice Date
©2023
Physical Description
1 online resource (238 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Electronic reproduction. Berlin Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on print version record.
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Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Variant and related titles
De Gruyter University Press eBook 2023.
Other formats
Original
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 24, 2023
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: Questions "forever remain"
A climate fit for civilization
Climate and capitalism in the Great West and beyond
In the middle border: Gustavus Hinrichs and his network of volunteer observers
Fluid geographies: mapping climate change interlude: rainmakers and other "paradoxers"
Mysterious ecologies
Technocracy and the mastery of uncertainty
Conclusion: The meanings of uncertainty.
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Walter de Gruyter & Co. University of Chicago Press Complete 2023.
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