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Rain : a natural and cultural history

Title
Rain : a natural and cultural history / Cynthia Barnett.
Author
Barnett, Cynthia, 1966-
Publication
New York : Crown Publishers, [2015]

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Description
355 pages; 24 cm
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-334) and index.
Contents
Origins -- Elemental rain. Cloudy with a chance of civilization ; Drought, deluge, and devilry ; Praying for rain -- Chance of rain. The weather watchers ; The articles of rain -- American rain. Founding forecaster ; Rain follows the plow ; The rainmakers -- Capturing the rain. Writers on the storm ; The scent of rain ; City rains -- Mercurial rain. Strange rain ; And the forecast calls for change -- Waiting for rain.
Call Number
JBE 18-903
ISBN
  • 9780804137096
  • 0804137099
LCCN
2014034180
OCLC
2014034180
Author
Barnett, Cynthia, 1966-
Title
Rain : a natural and cultural history / Cynthia Barnett.
Publisher
New York : Crown Publishers, [2015]
Edition
First edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-334) and index.
Research Call Number
JBE 18-903
JFE 15-3016
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