
Tell your friends about this item:
British Weather and the Climate of Enlightenment
Jan Golinski
British Weather and the Climate of Enlightenment
Jan Golinski
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.
284 pages, 20 halftones
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | November 15, 2011 |
ISBN13 | 9780226302034 |
Publishers | The University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 304 |
Dimensions | 155 × 228 × 19 mm · 468 g |