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Weather Matters: An American Cultural History since 1900 (Culture America (Hardcover))
Bernard Mergen
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Description for Weather Matters: An American Cultural History since 1900 (Culture America (Hardcover))
Hardcover. 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 is perceived, feared, embraced, managed, and even marketed. Series: CultureAmerica. Num Pages: 448 pages, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JFC; WNWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 739.
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 is perceived, feared, embraced, managed, and even marketed. From the roaring winds atop Mount Washington to the reflective calm of the poet's lair, he takes a long-overdue ... Read more
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 is perceived, feared, embraced, managed, and even marketed. From the roaring winds atop Mount Washington to the reflective calm of the poet's lair, he takes a long-overdue ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
Series
CultureAmerica
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700616114
SKU
V9780700616114
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About Bernard Mergen
Bernard Mergen is professor emeritus of American studies at George Washington University and author of Snow in America, which was awarded the 2002 Ullr Prize by the International Skiing History Association.
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