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BL
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993265
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b747635
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| Uniform Title
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Homme face au climat.English
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| Main Entry
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Boia, Lucian.
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| Title & Author
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The weather in the imagination /\ Lucian Boia ; translated by Roger Leverdier.
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| Publication Statement
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London :: Reaktion,, 2005.
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200 pages ;; 22 cm
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| ISBN
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1861892144
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: 9781861892140
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-194) and index.
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| Abstract
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"The weather has always been a topic of conversation; it is probably the most common dialogue between human beings. We often fear the weather, yet out apparent dread of it is puzzling, since we generally adapt to it remarkably well." "The Weather in the Imagination investigates the theories, scenarios and psychoses caused by climate. These fall into three main categories: anthropological and psychological; historical; and catastrophic. The weather has long served as a means of explaining human diversity: other people are different because they live under different skies. Climate has also been used to explain the dynamic of the historical process, the rise of certain civilizations and the stagnation and regression of others. Catastrophe is also invoked in theories of the weather: what could destroy a civilization - or arouse the fear of humanity's total extinction - more effectively than a climatic disaster? The prototype of this kind of upheaval is the pre-biblical Flood, one of the most gripping and influential myths the human imagination has ever produced." "Lucian Boia does not take sides in the current debates about climate; he does not exaggerate or play down global warming and its consequences, or try to forecast the weather of the future. What he does tell is a story that runs parallel with the 'true' story of climate and its future: the story of a human imagination that has been stimulated, baffled, infuriated and, from time to time, terrified by the weather."--Jacket.
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Climate and civilization.
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Weather-- Physiological effect.
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Weather-- Psychological aspects.
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Climate and civilization.
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Weather-- Physiological effect.
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Weather-- Psychological aspects.
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Klima.
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Psychologie.
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Wetter.
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Culturele aspecten.
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Klimaat.
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Klimaatveranderingen.
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Verbeelding.
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Weer.
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| Dewey Classification
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304.25
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| LC Classification
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BF353.5.W4B6513 2005
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38.82bcl
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38.82.bcl
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70.10bcl
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70.10.bcl
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