Weather matters : an American cultural history since 1900 / Bernard Mergen.

By: Mergen, Bernard .

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Culture America: Publisher: Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, c2008Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-383) and index.Description: ix, 397 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780700616114 (cloth : alk. paper); 070061611X (cloth : alk. paper).Subject(s): Climate and civilization -- History

| Climatology -- Social aspects -- History

| Weather -- Social aspects -- History

| Human beings -- Effect of environment on -- United States -- History

| United States -- Climate -- Social aspects -- History

DDC classification: 551.60973

Contents:

Talking about weather -- Managing weather -- Seeing weather -- Transcribing weather -- Suffering weather -- Conclusion.

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