Americans and Their Weather

William B. Meyer (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

288 Seiten

2000
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-513182-6 (ISBN)

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Synthesizing research from various fields, this book offers a complete history of the roles played by weather and climate in American life from colonial times to the present. It points out that the significance of the weather and climate are continuously altered by the evolution of American life.

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 nor resources, but can become either depending on the activities with which they interact. Meyer documents the ways in which different kinds of weather throughout history have represented hazards and resources not only for such exposed outdoor pursuits as agriculture, warfare, transportation, construction, and recreation, but for other realms of life ranging from manufacturing to migration to human health. He points out that while the weather and climate by themselves have never determined the course of human events, their significance as been continuously altered for better and for worse by the evolution of American life.

William B. Meyer is Assistant Research Professor at George Perkins Marsh Institute, Clark University, and Associate at the Center for Science and International Affairs, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	6.7.2000
Zusatzinfo	12 black and white illustrations
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	537 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Meteorologie / Klimatologie
ISBN-10	0-19-513182-7 / 0195131827
ISBN-13	978-0-19-513182-6 / 9780195131826
Zustand	Neuware