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Author Mergen, Bernard.

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

Publication Info. Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, [2008]
©2008

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Location Call No. Status
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  551.6 M542W    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  551.6 ME    Check Shelf
Description ix, 397 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Series CultureAmerica
Culture America.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-383) and index.
Contents Talking about weather -- Managing weather -- Seeing weather -- Transcribing weather -- Suffering weather -- Conclusion.
Summary The definitive weather book for decades to come. From weather humor to the politics of weather disaster with Katrina, from weather lore to weather prediction, from weather watchers to weather consumers, this book offers a truly comprehensive and invaluable history of weather's enormous social and cultural impact. -- Marita Sturken, author of Desiring the Weather and Tourists of History.
Subject United States -- Climate -- Social aspects -- History.
Climate and civilization -- History.
Climatology -- Social aspects -- History.
Weather -- Social aspects -- History.
Human beings -- Effect of environment on -- United States -- History.
ISBN 9780700616114 cloth alkaline paper
070061611X cloth alkaline paper
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