James Rodger Fleming is Professor in the Science, Thechnology, and Society Program at Colby College.

• Introduction: Apprehending climate change ; 1. Climate and culture in Enlightenment thought ; 2. The great climate debate in colonial and early America ; 3. Privilieged positions: The expansion of observing systems ; 4. Climate discourse transformed ; 5. Joseph Fourier's theory of terrestrial temperatures ; 6. John Tyndall, Svante Arrhenius, and early research on carbon dioxide and climate ; 7. T.C. Chamberlin and the geological agency of the atmosphere ; 8. The climate determinism of Ellsworth Huntington ; 9. Global Warming? The early twentieth century ; 10. Global cooling, global warming: Historical dimensions ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index

The debate over global warming is far from new; in fact, science historian James Fleming has just published a scholarly treatise on the historical debate over global warming entitled Historical Perspectives on Climate Change. I would highly recommend this interesting book for an accurate account of who did what first and who proposed which hypotheses. These things have been muddled in recent literature because very few researchers have taken the time to go back to the original resources.

James Rodger Fleming is Professor in the Science, Thechnology, and Society Program at Colby College.

• Introduction: Apprehending climate change ; 1. Climate and culture in Enlightenment thought ; 2. The great climate debate in colonial and early America ; 3. Privilieged positions: The expansion of observing systems ; 4. Climate discourse transformed ; 5. Joseph Fourier's theory of terrestrial temperatures ; 6. John Tyndall, Svante Arrhenius, and early research on carbon dioxide and climate ; 7. T.C. Chamberlin and the geological agency of the atmosphere ; 8. The climate determinism of Ellsworth Huntington ; 9. Global Warming? The early twentieth century ; 10. Global cooling, global warming: Historical dimensions ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index

The debate over global warming is far from new; in fact, science historian James Fleming has just published a scholarly treatise on the historical debate over global warming entitled Historical Perspectives on Climate Change. I would highly recommend this interesting book for an accurate account of who did what first and who proposed which hypotheses. These things have been muddled in recent literature because very few researchers have taken the time to go back to the original resources.

James Rodger Fleming is Professor in the Science, Thechnology, and Society Program at Colby College.

• Introduction: Apprehending climate change ; 1. Climate and culture in Enlightenment thought ; 2. The great climate debate in colonial and early America ; 3. Privilieged positions: The expansion of observing systems ; 4. Climate discourse transformed ; 5. Joseph Fourier's theory of terrestrial temperatures ; 6. John Tyndall, Svante Arrhenius, and early research on carbon dioxide and climate ; 7. T.C. Chamberlin and the geological agency of the atmosphere ; 8. The climate determinism of Ellsworth Huntington ; 9. Global Warming? The early twentieth century ; 10. Global cooling, global warming: Historical dimensions ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index

The debate over global warming is far from new; in fact, science historian James Fleming has just published a scholarly treatise on the historical debate over global warming entitled Historical Perspectives on Climate Change. I would highly recommend this interesting book for an accurate account of who did what first and who proposed which hypotheses. These things have been muddled in recent literature because very few researchers have taken the time to go back to the original resources.