Climate and the picturesque in the American tropics
This text explains how we came to think of the climate as something abstract and remote rather than a force that actively shapes our existence. It shows how the writings of American travellers in the Caribbean registered and pushed forward a new understanding of the climate in a pivotal period in mo...
| Main Author: | Boyden, Michael, |
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| Other Authors: | Oxford Scholarship Online. |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2022.
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource : illustrations (colour). |
| Series: |
Oxford studies in American literary history.
Oxford scholarship online. |
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| Summary: |
This text explains how we came to think of the climate as something abstract and remote rather than a force that actively shapes our existence. It shows how the writings of American travellers in the Caribbean registered and pushed forward a new understanding of the climate in a pivotal period in modern history, roughly between 1770 and 1860. |
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| Item Description: |
Also issued in print: 2022. Includes bibliographical references and index. This text explains how we came to think of the climate as something abstract and remote rather than a force that actively shapes our existence. It shows how the writings of American travellers in the Caribbean registered and pushed forward a new understanding of the climate in a pivotal period in modern history, roughly between 1770 and 1860. Specialized. |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource : illustrations (colour). |
| Audience: |
Specialized. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780191964244 |