Weather Matters: An American Cultural History Since 1900

(Part of the CultureAmerica Series)

by Bernard Mergen

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Everybody talks about it--and why not? From tornadoes in the Heartland to hurricanes in the Gulf, blizzards in the Midwest to droughts across the South, weather matters to Americans and makes a difference in their daily lives.

Bernard Mergen's captivating and kaleidoscopic new book illuminates our inevitable obsession with weather--as both physical reality and evocative metaphor--in all of its myriad forms, focusing on the ways in which it...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:070061611X

ISBN13:9780700616114

Release Date:October 2008

Publisher:University Press of Kansas

Length:408 Pages

Weight:1.65 lbs.

Dimensions:1.3" x 6.3" x 9.2"

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20th Century 21st Century Climatology Earth Sciences Environment History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Nature Politics & Social Sciences Rivers

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