Australia in Its Physiographic and Economic Aspects
Author : Thomas Griffith Taylor
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Page : 276 pages
File Size : 22,53 MB
Release : 1925
Category : Australia
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Author : Thomas Griffith Taylor
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Page : 276 pages
File Size : 22,53 MB
Release : 1925
Category : Australia
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Author : CAITLIN. FINLAYSON
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Page : pages
File Size : 22,75 MB
Release : 2019
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Page : 1224 pages
File Size : 35,85 MB
Release : 1912
Category : Science
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Author : American Geographical Society of New York
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Page : 1178 pages
File Size : 19,68 MB
Release : 1911
Category : Electronic journals
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Page : 314 pages
File Size : 29,92 MB
Release : 1912
Category : Electronic journals
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Author : American Geographical Society of New York
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Page : 502 pages
File Size : 33,84 MB
Release : 1928
Category : Antarctica
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Ways and means of polar exploration and problems needing further study
Author : University of Adelaide
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Page : 444 pages
File Size : 37,99 MB
Release : 1912
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Author : Georgina H. Endfield
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 42,79 MB
Release : 2017-07-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 1315461439
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.
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Page : 1296 pages
File Size : 47,46 MB
Release : 1908
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Author : David N. Livingstone
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 27,62 MB
Release : 2024-04-16
Category : History
ISBN : 0691236704
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.