Climate and the picturesque in the american tropics
Auteur :
Boyden, Michael
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780192868305
Date de publication :
29 nov. 2022
Dimensions :
24,1 x 16,2 x 1,0 cm
Poids :
498 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.