Changing Climates: Deserts, Desiccation, and the Rise of Climate Engineering, 1870-1950
This dissertation examines the impact of the nineteenth-century discussions about climate change and desiccation on large engineering projects in desert regions between 1870 and 1950. It demonstrates that the debate over the variability of global climatic conditions was a product of both internal ac...
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Harvard University
2014
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| Online Access: | http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard.inactive:11727 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:13070077 |