Agricultural capitalism, climatology and the "stabilization" of climate in the United States, 1850-1920.
climate change
climate science
co-production
rationalization
sociology of science
state formation
Journal
The British journal of sociology
ISSN: 1468-4446
Titre abrégé: Br J Sociol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0373126
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Mar 2021
Mar 2021
Historique:
revised:
21
01
2020
received:
06
07
2019
accepted:
01
05
2020
pubmed:
3
6
2020
medline:
26
10
2021
entrez:
3
6
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Drawing from theory on the "co-production" of science and society, this paper provides an account of trajectories in US climatology, roughly from the 1850s to 1920, the period during which climatology emerged as an organized branch of meteorology and government administration. The historical narrative traces the development of climatology both as a professional/institutional project and as a component of a larger governmental logic. Historical analysis of climatologists' scientific texts, maps, and social organization within government provides a sociological explanation for the emergent "stabilization" of climate as a geographic-statistical category. Climatic stability, defined by the view that climate is unchanging, was advanced over this period in a way that linked the interests and practices of climatologists to actors invested in facilitating and administrating commercial agriculture and trade. I position the logic of climatology and the discourse of climatic stability historically, with reference to prior concern with climate change and, in recent decades, efforts to govern global warming through geoengineering climatic stability.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32483840
doi: 10.1111/1468-4446.12762
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
379-396Informations de copyright
© London School of Economics and Political Science 2020.
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