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Climate, science, and colonization : histories from Australia and New Zealand / edited by James Beat...

Climate, science, and colonization : histories from Aus...

Climate, science, and colonization : histories from Australia and New Zealand / edited by James Beat...

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Climate, science, and colonization : histories from Australia and New Zealand / edited by James Beattie, Emily O'Gorman and Matthew Henry.

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Full title

Climate, science, and colonization : histories from Australia and New Zealand / edited by James Beattie, Emily O'Gorman and Matthew Henry.

Publisher

New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Call Numbers

H 2015/4339

Record Identifier

74VKR8mdl4oy

MMS ID

991023229409702626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

xxii, 280 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Content type

text

Media type

unmediated

Carrier type

volume

Contents

Introduction: Climate, Science, and Colonization: Histories from Australia and New Zealand / James Beattie, Emily O'Gorman, and Matthew Henry -- Part I. Frames, Events, and Responses: chapter 1. Australasia: An Overview pf Modern Climate and Paleoclimate during the Last Glacial Maximum / Andrew M. L...

Publication information

Publisher

New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Edition

First edition.

Place of Publication

New York (State)

Date Published

2014.

More information

Scope and Contents

Summary

"Offering important new historical understandings of human responses to climate and climate change, this cutting-edge volume explores the dynamic relationship between settlement, climate, and colonization. The contributions gathered here consider a wide range of interrelated topics, among them the use of scientific evidence in historical research,...

Alternative Titles

Full title

Climate, science, and colonization : histories from Australia and New Zealand / edited by James Beattie, Emily O'Gorman and Matthew Henry.

Notes

General note

Palgrave studies in the history of science and technology.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

H 2015/4339

Record Identifier

74VKR8mdl4oy

Permalink

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKR8mdl4oy

Other Identifiers

ISBN

1137333928 (hardback)

9781137333926 (hardback)

DDC

304.250994

MMS ID

991023229409702626

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