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- Subject Area
- Science, History
- Publication Name
- Temperate Empire : Making Climate Change in Early America
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- Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- Item Length
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- Environmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), General, Global Warming & Climate Change
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- 2016
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- Hardcover
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- English
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- 1.1 in
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- 18.3 Oz
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- Number of Pages
- 280 Pages
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Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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0190206594
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9780190206598
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280 Pages
Publication Name
Temperate Empire : Making Climate Change in Early America
Language
English
Subject
Environmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), General, Global Warming & Climate Change
Publication Year
2016
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Science, History
Format
Hardcover
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Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
18.3 Oz
Item Length
6.2 in
Item Width
9.5 in
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2016-014091
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"Anya Zilberstein has offered an extraordinarily sensitive and textured treatment of the early modern discussion of climate and climate change in A Temperate Empire. She successfully combines the history of science and environmental history to provide an account that is relevant both to modern-day discussions about climate change and to early American environmental history Zilberstein's book is beautifully written and enjoyable, as well as rigorous and insightful."--James Bergman, H-Net "Ideological and political debates over climate and climate change have a long and rich history, as Anya Zilberstein illustrates in this elegantly written study. Though centered on late eighteenth-century New England and Nova Scotia, A Temperate Empire ranges widely in space and time to elucidate the connections between race, nation, empire, and how people thought about climate during the Age of Enlightenment. A Temperate Empire is true to that place and time, yet also resonates with contemporary issues." -James D. Rice, author of Nature and History in the Potomac Country: From Hunter-Gatherers to the Age of Jefferson "Anya Zilberstein vividly describes how European settlers in northeastern North America confronted the obstacles of harsh winters, poor soils, and short growing seasons. She shows them struggling to understand and master the rigorous environment of New England and Nova Scotia, while convincing themselves that they were improving the climate as they tamed the land. Her meticulously researched and timely account should be read by anyone who is interested in the environmental history of this part of the world." -Jan Golinski, University of New Hampshire "As this original and imaginative study demonstrates, observers have long argued about the reasons for perceived shifts in nature. With crucial insights drawn from a vast range of primary materials, the historian of science Anya Zilberstein reveals how debates about the climate of the American northeast played a central role in transplanted Europeans' understanding of science and economics in the early modern age. Migrants to New England and Canada, as she argues, endured a 'trial by frost' that had long-term significance for the European effort to colonize and conquer North America."-Peter C. Mancall, author of Fatal Journey: The Final Expedition of Henry Hudson-A Tale of Mutiny and Murder in the Arctic "A Temperate Empire shows the importance of climate in the cultural life of early America at the intersections of the natural sciences, political economy, colonial policy, and race theory. Startlingly, Zilberstein shows how colonists imagined that 'improving' the land through agriculture would make winters and summers moderate. The British Empire and the early American Republic emerge as enterprises animated by a drive to achieve climate change through and for an expanding frontier of settlement."-Richard Drayton, King's College London, "Why would anyone emigrate to North America in the seventeenth century? Anya Zilberstein complicates our understanding in...a short exploration of contemporary debates regarding the nature of North American climate and the question of how European and African peoples would adapt to life in the Americas....A Temperate Empire is a useful contribution to our knowledge of how educated men struggled to make sense of American weather as global empire undermined ancient theory....Succeeds as a contribution to the wider literature on early modern empire and the fitful rise of science."--John L. Brooke, American Historical Review "The lessons of this book are many and its deep history crackles with resonances in the present."--Adam Bobbette, Times Literary Supplement "Anya Zilberstein has offered an extraordinarily sensitive and textured treatment of the early modern discussion of climate and climate change in A Temperate Empire. She successfully combines the history of science and environmental history to provide an account that is relevant both to modern-day discussions about climate change and to early American environmental history...Zilberstein's book is beautifully written and enjoyable, as well as rigorous and insightful."--James Bergman, H-Net "Ideological and political debates over climate and climate change have a long and rich history, as Anya Zilberstein illustrates in this elegantly written study. Though centered on late eighteenth-century New England and Nova Scotia, A Temperate Empire ranges widely in space and time to elucidate the connections between race, nation, empire, and how people thought about climate during the Age of Enlightenment. A Temperate Empire is true to that place and time, yet also resonates with contemporary issues."--James D. Rice, author of Nature and History in the Potomac Country: From Hunter-Gatherers to the Age of Jefferson "Anya Zilberstein vividly describes how European settlers in northeastern North America confronted the obstacles of harsh winters, poor soils, and short growing seasons. She shows them struggling to understand and master the rigorous environment of New England and Nova Scotia, while convincing themselves that they were improving the climate as they tamed the land. Her meticulously researched and timely account should be read by anyone who is interested in the environmental history of this part of the world."--Jan Golinski, University of New Hampshire "As this original and imaginative study demonstrates, observers have long argued about the reasons for perceived shifts in nature. With crucial insights drawn from a vast range of primary materials, the historian of science Anya Zilberstein reveals how debates about the climate of the American northeast played a central role in transplanted Europeans' understanding of science and economics in the early modern age. Migrants to New England and Canada, as she argues, endured a 'trial by frost' that had long-term significance for the European effort to colonize and conquer North America."--Peter C. Mancall, author of Fatal Journey: The Final Expedition of Henry Hudson-A Tale of Mutiny and Murder in the Arctic "A Temperate Empire shows the importance of climate in the cultural life of early America at the intersections of the natural sciences, political economy, colonial policy, and race theory. Startlingly, Zilberstein shows how colonists imagined that 'improving' the land through agriculture would make winters and summers moderate. The British Empire and the early American Republic emerge as enterprises animated by a drive to achieve climate change through and for an expanding frontier of settlement."--Richard Drayton, King's College London, "Ideological and political debates over climate and climate change have a long and rich history, as Anya Zilberstein illustrates in this elegantly written study. Though centered on late eighteenth-century New England and Nova Scotia, A Temperate Empire ranges widely in space and time to elucidate the connections between race, nation, empire, and how people thought about climate during the Age of Enlightenment. A Temperate Empire is true to that place and time, yet also resonates with contemporary issues." -James D. Rice, author of Nature and History in the Potomac Country: From Hunter-Gatherers to the Age of Jefferson "Anya Zilberstein vividly describes how European settlers in northeastern North America confronted the obstacles of harsh winters, poor soils, and short growing seasons. She shows them struggling to understand and master the rigorous environment of New England and Nova Scotia, while convincing themselves that they were improving the climate as they tamed the land. Her meticulously researched and timely account should be read by anyone who is interested in the environmental history of this part of the world." -Jan Golinski, University of New Hampshire "As this original and imaginative study demonstrates, observers have long argued about the reasons for perceived shifts in nature. With crucial insights drawn from a vast range of primary materials, the historian of science Anya Zilberstein reveals how debates about the climate of the American northeast played a central role in transplanted Europeans' understanding of science and economics in the early modern age. Migrants to New England and Canada, as she argues, endured a 'trial by frost' that had long-term significance for the European effort to colonize and conquer North America."-Peter C. Mancall, author of Fatal Journey: The Final Expedition of Henry Hudson-A Tale of Mutiny and Murder in the Arctic "A Temperate Empire shows the importance of climate in the cultural life of early America at the intersections of the natural sciences, political economy, colonial policy, and race theory. Startlingly, Zilberstein shows how colonists imagined that 'improving' the land through agriculture would make winters and summers moderate. The British Empire and the early American Republic emerge as enterprises animated by a drive to achieve climate change through and for an expanding frontier of settlement."-Richard Drayton, King's College London, "Anya Zilberstein has offered an extraordinarily sensitive and textured treatment of the early modern discussion of climate and climate change in A Temperate Empire. She successfully combines the history of science and environmental history to provide an account that is relevant both to modern-day discussions about climate change and to early American environmental history...Zilberstein's book is beautifully written and enjoyable, as well as rigorous and insightful."--James Bergman, H-Net "Ideological and political debates over climate and climate change have a long and rich history, as Anya Zilberstein illustrates in this elegantly written study. Though centered on late eighteenth-century New England and Nova Scotia, A Temperate Empire ranges widely in space and time to elucidate the connections between race, nation, empire, and how people thought about climate during the Age of Enlightenment. A Temperate Empire is true to that place and time, yet also resonates with contemporary issues." -James D. Rice, author of Nature and History in the Potomac Country: From Hunter-Gatherers to the Age of Jefferson "Anya Zilberstein vividly describes how European settlers in northeastern North America confronted the obstacles of harsh winters, poor soils, and short growing seasons. She shows them struggling to understand and master the rigorous environment of New England and Nova Scotia, while convincing themselves that they were improving the climate as they tamed the land. Her meticulously researched and timely account should be read by anyone who is interested in the environmental history of this part of the world." -Jan Golinski, University of New Hampshire "As this original and imaginative study demonstrates, observers have long argued about the reasons for perceived shifts in nature. With crucial insights drawn from a vast range of primary materials, the historian of science Anya Zilberstein reveals how debates about the climate of the American northeast played a central role in transplanted Europeans' understanding of science and economics in the early modern age. Migrants to New England and Canada, as she argues, endured a 'trial by frost' that had long-term significance for the European effort to colonize and conquer North America."-Peter C. Mancall, author of Fatal Journey: The Final Expedition of Henry Hudson-A Tale of Mutiny and Murder in the Arctic "A Temperate Empire shows the importance of climate in the cultural life of early America at the intersections of the natural sciences, political economy, colonial policy, and race theory. Startlingly, Zilberstein shows how colonists imagined that 'improving' the land through agriculture would make winters and summers moderate. The British Empire and the early American Republic emerge as enterprises animated by a drive to achieve climate change through and for an expanding frontier of settlement."-Richard Drayton, King's College London, "The lessons of this book are many and its deep history crackles with resonances in the present."--Adam Bobbette, Times Literary Supplement "Anya Zilberstein has offered an extraordinarily sensitive and textured treatment of the early modern discussion of climate and climate change in A Temperate Empire. She successfully combines the history of science and environmental history to provide an account that is relevant both to modern-day discussions about climate change and to early American environmental history...Zilberstein's book is beautifully written and enjoyable, as well as rigorous and insightful."--James Bergman, H-Net "Ideological and political debates over climate and climate change have a long and rich history, as Anya Zilberstein illustrates in this elegantly written study. Though centered on late eighteenth-century New England and Nova Scotia, A Temperate Empire ranges widely in space and time to elucidate the connections between race, nation, empire, and how people thought about climate during the Age of Enlightenment. A Temperate Empire is true to that place and time, yet also resonates with contemporary issues."--James D. Rice, author of Nature and History in the Potomac Country: From Hunter-Gatherers to the Age of Jefferson "Anya Zilberstein vividly describes how European settlers in northeastern North America confronted the obstacles of harsh winters, poor soils, and short growing seasons. She shows them struggling to understand and master the rigorous environment of New England and Nova Scotia, while convincing themselves that they were improving the climate as they tamed the land. Her meticulously researched and timely account should be read by anyone who is interested in the environmental history of this part of the world."--Jan Golinski, University of New Hampshire "As this original and imaginative study demonstrates, observers have long argued about the reasons for perceived shifts in nature. With crucial insights drawn from a vast range of primary materials, the historian of science Anya Zilberstein reveals how debates about the climate of the American northeast played a central role in transplanted Europeans' understanding of science and economics in the early modern age. Migrants to New England and Canada, as she argues, endured a 'trial by frost' that had long-term significance for the European effort to colonize and conquer North America."--Peter C. Mancall, author of Fatal Journey: The Final Expedition of Henry Hudson-A Tale of Mutiny and Murder in the Arctic "A Temperate Empire shows the importance of climate in the cultural life of early America at the intersections of the natural sciences, political economy, colonial policy, and race theory. Startlingly, Zilberstein shows how colonists imagined that 'improving' the land through agriculture would make winters and summers moderate. The British Empire and the early American Republic emerge as enterprises animated by a drive to achieve climate change through and for an expanding frontier of settlement."--Richard Drayton, King's College London, "The lessons of this book are many and its deep history crackles with resonances in the present." -- Adam Bobbette, Times Literary Supplement "Anya Zilberstein has offered an extraordinarily sensitive and textured treatment of the early modern discussion of climate and climate change in A Temperate Empire. She successfully combines the history of science and environmental history to provide an account that is relevant both to modern-day discussions about climate change and to early American environmental history...Zilberstein's book is beautifully written and enjoyable, as well as rigorous and insightful."--James Bergman, H-Net "Ideological and political debates over climate and climate change have a long and rich history, as Anya Zilberstein illustrates in this elegantly written study. Though centered on late eighteenth-century New England and Nova Scotia, A Temperate Empire ranges widely in space and time to elucidate the connections between race, nation, empire, and how people thought about climate during the Age of Enlightenment. A Temperate Empire is true to that place and time, yet also resonates with contemporary issues." -James D. Rice, author of Nature and History in the Potomac Country: From Hunter-Gatherers to the Age of Jefferson "Anya Zilberstein vividly describes how European settlers in northeastern North America confronted the obstacles of harsh winters, poor soils, and short growing seasons. She shows them struggling to understand and master the rigorous environment of New England and Nova Scotia, while convincing themselves that they were improving the climate as they tamed the land. Her meticulously researched and timely account should be read by anyone who is interested in the environmental history of this part of the world." -Jan Golinski, University of New Hampshire "As this original and imaginative study demonstrates, observers have long argued about the reasons for perceived shifts in nature. With crucial insights drawn from a vast range of primary materials, the historian of science Anya Zilberstein reveals how debates about the climate of the American northeast played a central role in transplanted Europeans' understanding of science and economics in the early modern age. Migrants to New England and Canada, as she argues, endured a 'trial by frost' that had long-term significance for the European effort to colonize and conquer North America."-Peter C. Mancall, author of Fatal Journey: The Final Expedition of Henry Hudson-A Tale of Mutiny and Murder in the Arctic "A Temperate Empire shows the importance of climate in the cultural life of early America at the intersections of the natural sciences, political economy, colonial policy, and race theory. Startlingly, Zilberstein shows how colonists imagined that 'improving' the land through agriculture would make winters and summers moderate. The British Empire and the early American Republic emerge as enterprises animated by a drive to achieve climate change through and for an expanding frontier of settlement."-Richard Drayton, King's College London
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
304.2/5097409033
Table Of Content
Acknowledgments Introduction - Improving the Climate Part I: Climate and Geography Chapter 1 - The Golden Mean Chapter 2 - Transatlantic Networks and the Geography of Climate Knowledge Part II: Climate and Colonialism Chapter 3 - An American Siberia Chapter 4 - Jamaicans In and Out of Nova Scotia Chapter 5 - A Work in Progress Notes Bibliography Index
Synopsis
Most people assume that climate change is recent news. A Temperate Empire shows that we have been debating the science and politics of climate change for a long time, since before the age of industrialization. Focusing on attempts to transform New England and Nova Scotia's environment in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, this book explores the ways that early Americans studied and tried to remake local climates according to their plans for colonial settlement and economic development. For colonial officials, landowners, naturalists and other local elites, New England and Nova Scotia's frigid, long winters and short, muggy summers were persistent sources of anxiety. They became intensely interested in understanding the natural history of the climate and, ultimately, in reducing their vulnerability to it. In the short term, European migrants from other northern countries would welcome the cold or, as one Loyalist from New Hampshire argued, the cold would moderate the supposedly fiery temperaments of Jamaicans deported to colonial Nova Scotia. Over the long term, however, the expansion of colonial farms was increasingly tempering the climate itself. A naturalist in Vermont agreed with Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson when he insisted that every cultivated part of America was already "more temperate, uniform, and equal" than before colonization--a forecast of permanent, global warming they all wholeheartedly welcomed. By pointing to such ironies, A Temperate Empire emphasizes the necessarily historical nature of the climate and of our knowledge about it., Controversy over the role of human activity in causing climate change is pervasive in contemporary society. But, as Anya Zilberstein shows in this work, debates about the politics and science of climate are nothing new. Indeed, they began as early as the settlement of English colonists in North America, well before the age of industrialization. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, many early Americans believed that human activity and population growth were essential to moderating the harsh extremes of cold and heat in the New World. In the preindustrial British settler colonies in particular, it was believed that the right kinds of people were agents of climate warming and that this was a positive and deliberate goal of industrious activity, rather than an unintended and lamentable side effect of development. A Temperate Empire explores the ways that colonists studied and tried to remake local climates in New England and Nova Scotia according to their plans for settlement and economic growth. For colonial officials, landowners, naturalists, and other elites, the frigid, long winters and short, muggy summers were persistent sources of anxiety. These early Americans became intensely interested in reimagining and reducing their vulnerability to the climate. Linking climate to race, they assured would-be migrants that hardy Europeans were already habituated to the severe northern weather and Caribbean migrants' temperaments would be improved by it. Even more, they drew on a widespread understanding of a reciprocal relationship between a mild climate and the prosperity of empire, promoting the notion that land cultivation and the expansion of colonial farms would increasingly moderate the climate. One eighteenth-century naturalist observed that European settlement and industry had already brought about a "more temperate, uniform, and equal" climate worldwide-a forecast of a permanent, global warming that was wholeheartedly welcomed. Illuminating scientific arguments that once celebrated the impact of economic activities on environmental change, A Temperate Empire showcases an imperial, colonial, and early American history of climate change., A Temperate Empire explores how early North American settlers understood the widespread process of climate warming and tried to remake local climates through colonial settlement and economic development.
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QC903.2.N665Z55 2016
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- r***l (286)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseBook as described. the book is in pretty good condition, only a few spots on the cover, As Described. It is nice to find old, historic information and this seller has provided that. The book was packaged Very Well :) Shipping was fair and fast, the book is in good condition. I also thought it to be a fair price. Thank you - CEO_HLR
- h***d (81)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseA very nice book on beginning Horology as described. Will bring great value to me and book was well packaged, and shipping was reasonable. Would buy from this seller again.
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