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Title

Governing climate

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  • Monograph
  • Text

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Subject

  • Environmental protection--United States (LCSH)
  • Climatic changes--Government policy--United States (LCSH)
  • Environmental policy--United States (LCSH)
  • Climatic changes--Political aspects--United States (LCSH)

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Summary

"After decades of debate about global warming, the fact of the climate crisis is finally widely accepted. People at all scales-from the household to the global market-are attempting to govern climate to deal with its causes and impacts. Although the stakes are different now, governing climate is centuries old. In this book, Zeke Baker develops a genealogy of climate science that traces the relationship between those who created knowledge of the climate and those who attempted to gain power and govern society, right up to the present, historic moment. Baker draws together over two centuries of science, politics, and environmental change to demonstrate the "co-production" of what we know about climate in terms of power-seeking activity, with a focus on the United States. Governing Climate provides a fresh account of contemporary issues transecting science and climate politics, specifically the rise of "climate security," and examines how climate science can either facilitate or reconcile the unequal distribution of power and resources"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Introduction : governing climate in the past, present, and future -- Governing climate in early America, 1770-1840 -- Meteorological frontiers : climate knowledge, territory, and state formation, 1800-1850 -- Climate does not change : agricultural capitalism, climatology, and the stabilization of climate, 1850-1920 -- Economic rationalization of weather : risk, prediction, and "normal" weather, 1870-1930 -- The climate state and the origins of a climate science field, 1930-1980s -- Governing climate futures : environmental security and security technologies -- Future struggles : climate security experts and the depoliticization of the climate future -- Conclusion : legible alternatives? remaking climate, rethinking climatic stability.

Authorized Access Point

Baker, Zeke. Governing climate

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  • Date: 2026-09-12T02:00:54.702786+00:00
  • Agent: cbc
  • Status: c
  • Derived from: 23672145

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  • Date: 2026-09-12
  • Cataloger id: Unknown
  • Description level: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe-2-6-0/
  • Description language: eng
  • Description authentication: pcc

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