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Zusatztext A series of interrelated essays on elite and popular understanding of climate and climate change offers historical perspectives dating from the period of Enlightenment to the late 20th century. Informationen zum Autor James Rodger Fleming is Professor in the Science, Thechnology, and Society Program at Colby College. Klappentext This intriguing volume provides a thorough examination ofthe historical roots of global climate change as a field ofinquiry, from the Enlightenment to the late twentiethcentury. Based on primary and archival sources, the book isfilled with interesting perspectives on what people haveunderstood, experienced, and feared about the climate andits changes in the past. Chapters explore climate andculture in Enlightenment thought; climate debates in earlyAmerica; the development of international networks ofobservation; the scientific transformation of climatediscourse; and early contributions to understandingterrestrial temperature changes, infrared radiation, and thecarbon dioxide theory of climate. But perhaps mostimportant, this book shows what a study of the past has tooffer the interdisciplinary investigation of currentenvironmental problems. Zusammenfassung This intriguing volume provides a thorough examination of the historical roots of global climate change as a field of inquiry, from the Enlightenment to the late twentieth century. Based on primary and archival sources, the book is filled with interesting perspectives on what people have understood, experienced, and feared about the climate and its changes in the past. Chapters explore climate and culture in Enlightenment thought; climate debates in early America; the development of international networks of observation; the scientific transformation of climate discourse; and early contributions to understanding terrestrial temperature changes, infrared radiation, and the carbon dioxide theory of climate. But perhaps most important, this book shows what a study of the past has to offer the interdisciplinary investigation of current environmental problems. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Apprehending climate change 1: Climate and culture in Enlightenment thought 2: The great climate debate in colonial and early America 3: Privilieged 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 climate determinism of Ellsworth Huntington 9: Global Warming? The early twentieth century 10: Global cooling, global warming: Historical dimensions Notes Bibliography Index ...
