Historical perspectives on climate change

@inproceedings{Fleming1998HistoricalPO,
  title={Historical perspectives on climate change},
  author={James Rodger Fleming},
  year={1998}
}
Introduction: Apprehending Climate Change 1. Climate and Culture in Enlightenment Thought 2. The Great Climate Debate in Colonial and Early America 3. Privileged Positions: The Expansion of Observing Systems 4. Climate Discourse Transformed 5. Joseph Fourier's Theory of Terrestrial Temperatures 6. John Tyndall and Svante Arrhenius 7. T.C. Chamberlin and the Geological Agency of the Atmosphere 8. The Climatic Determinism of Ellsworth Huntington 9. Global Warming? The Early Twentieth Century 10… 
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