British Weather and the Climate of Enlightenment

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2007
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Enlightenment inquiries into weather sought to impose order on a force that had the power to alter human life and social conditions. This title reveals how a sense of the national climate emerged in the 18th century from the systematic recording of the weather, and how it was deployed in discussions of the health and welfare of the population.

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Enlightenment inquiries into weather sought to impose order on a force that had the power to alter human life and social conditions. This title reveals how a sense of the national climate emerged in the 18th century from the systematic recording of the weather, and how it was deployed in discussions of the health and welfare of the population.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Edition: illustrated edition
Publisher: Chicago University Press
Published: 10 Jul 2007
ISBN 10: 0226302059
ISBN 13: 9780226302058

British Weather and the Climate of Enlightenment

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$91.66

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$91.66

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