Climate and the picturesque in the American tropics

Climate and the picturesque in the American tropics / Michael Boyden.

This book 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...

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Main Author: Boyden, Michael (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]
Series:Oxford studies in American literary history.
Subjects:
1700-1899
Travelers' writings, American > History and criticism.
American prose literature > 18th century > History and criticism.
American prose literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Climatology in literature.
Ecology.
NATURE.
Global Warming & Climate Change.
SCIENCE.
Cultural.
Anthropology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE.
Environmental.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING.
American prose literature
Climatology in literature
Travel
Travelers' writings, American
Literature: history & criticism.
Literature.
Caribbean Area > Description and travel.
Caribbean Area
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Click for online access
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Summary:This book 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.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780192694447
0192694448
9780191964244
0191964247
9780192694430
019269443X
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Description based on online resource; title from home page (Oxford Academic, viewed January 29, 2024).

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