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A temperate empire : making climate change in early America / Anya Zilberstein

Author
Zilberstein, Anya
Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Physical Description
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)
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Contents
Machine generated contents note: pt. I Climate and Geography -- 1.The Golden Mean -- A Different Latitude -- The Northern Temperate Zone -- Natural and Political Histories of the Northeast -- 2.Transatlantic Networks and the Geography of Climate Knowledge -- Inquisitive Minds -- Colonies of the Republic of Letters -- Brethren in Science -- Exchanges -- Family Networks -- On the Margins -- pt. II Climate and Colonialism -- 3.An American Siberia -- Population and Depopulation -- "A Colder and Less Plentifull Country than New England" -- The Poor Man's Dung -- 4.Jamaicans In and Out of Nova Scotia -- Jamaica to the Maroons -- In and Out of Nova Scotia -- Human Geography and Climate -- Wentworth on Climate, Slavery, and Race -- Empire Without Slaves in the North -- 5.Works in Progress -- The Energetic Hands of Britons -- Fieldwork -- Modern Winters.
Summary
'A Temperate Empire' explores how early North American settlers understood the widespread process of climate warming and tried to remake local climates through colonial settlement and economic development.
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ISBN
9780190206628 (ebook)
Audience Notes
Specialized.
Note
Previously issued in print: 2016.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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