Abstract:Although ‘Anthropocene’ is a relatively new term, the idea of anthropogenic environmental change has a long, rich and underappreciated history. This study traces the development of a narrative of human-caused climate change in southern France in the first half of the nineteenth century that mirrored today’s rhetoric of the Anthropocene, and it exposes the interplay of social and environmental forces in the establishment of this narrative. Drawing on natural archives and instrumental data as well as traditional… Show more
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