Immeasurable weather: meteorological data and settler colonialism from 1820 to hurricane sandy
Auteur :
Grossman, Sara J.
Éditeur :
Duke University Press
ISBN :
9781478025023
Date de publication :
25 août 2023
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
363 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Explores how environmental data collection has been central to the larger project of settler colonialism in the United States. She draws on an extensive archive of historical and meteorological data spanning two centuries to show how American scientific institutions used information about the weather to establish and reinforce the foundations of a white patriarchal settler society.