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Americans and their weather / William B. Meyer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Meyer, William B., author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Climatic changes--Social aspects--United States.
- Climatic changes--Economic aspects--United States.
- Climatic changes--Economic aspects.
- Climatic changes--Social aspects.
- United States--Climate.
- United States.
- Climatology.
- United States--Social conditions.
- Social conditions.
- United States--Economic conditions.
- Economic conditions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (312 pages) : illustrations (black and white).
- Edition:
- Updated edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2020.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- This updated edition synthesizes research from many fields to offer a 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.
- Notes:
- This edition previously issued in print: 2014.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version :
- ISBN:
- 9780197559505
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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