Author: Thomas Griffith TaylorPublisher:
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Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 276
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Australia in Its Physiographic and Economic Aspects
Author: Thomas Griffith TaylorPublisher:
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Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 276
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The American Journal of Science
Author: Bulletin of the American Geographical Society
Author: American Geographical Society of New YorkPublisher:
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Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 1178
Book Description
The Victorian Naturalist
Author: Problems of Polar Research
Author: American Geographical Society of New YorkPublisher:
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Category : Antarctica
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
Ways and means of polar exploration and problems needing further study
Calendar
Author: University of AdelaidePublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Cultural Histories, Memories and Extreme Weather
Author: Georgina H. EndfieldPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315461439
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Extreme weather events, such as droughts, strong winds and storms, flash floods and extreme heat and cold, are among the most destructive yet fascinating aspects of climate variability. Historical records and memories charting the impacts and responses to such events are a crucial component of any research that seeks to understand the nature of events that might take place in the future. Yet all such events need to be situated for their implications to be understood. This book is the first to explore the cultural contingency of extreme and unusual weather events and the ways in which they are recalled, recorded or forgotten. It illustrates how geographical context, particular physical conditions, an area’s social and economic activities and embedded cultural knowledges and infrastructures all affect community experiences of and responses to unusual weather. Contributions refer to varied methods of remembering and recording weather and how these act to curate, recycle and transmit extreme events across generations and into the future. With international case studies, from both land and sea, the book explores how and why particular weather events become inscribed into the fabric of communities and contribute to community change in different historical and cultural contexts. This is valuable reading for students and researchers interested in historical and cultural geography, environmental anthropology and environmental studies.
Manual
Author: The Empire of Climate
Author: David N. LivingstonePublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691236704
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
How the specter of climate has been used to explain history since antiquity Scientists, journalists, and politicians increasingly tell us that human impacts on climate constitute the single greatest threat facing our planet and may even bring about the extinction of our species. Yet behind these anxieties lies an older, much deeper fear about the power that climate exerts over us. The Empire of Climate traces the history of this idea and its pervasive influence over how we interpret world events and make sense of the human condition, from the rise and fall of ancient civilizations to the afflictions of the modern psyche. Taking readers from the time of Hippocrates to the unfolding crisis of global warming today, David Livingstone reveals how climate has been critically implicated in the politics of imperial control and race relations; been used to explain industrial development, market performance, and economic breakdown; and served as a bellwether for national character and cultural collapse. He examines how climate has been put forward as an explanation for warfare and civil conflict, and how it has been identified as a critical factor in bodily disorders and acute psychosis. A panoramic work of scholarship, The Empire of Climate maps the tangled histories of an idea that has haunted our collective imagination for centuries, shedding critical light on the notion that everything from the wealth of nations to the human mind itself is subject to climate’s imperial rule.
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