Zeke Baker is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Sonoma State University and coeditor of Climate, Science and Society.

“A great read to stretch the mind. . . Spengler interrogates that idea in conjunction with the core of Darwin’s great idea, when he says. . .’Darwin used domestication as his most compelling case study for convincing humanity that evolution is real’.”

• ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Governing Climate in the Past, Present, and Future Part I. Climate Change and the Coproduction of Meteorological and Social Order1. Governing Climate in Early America, 1770–1840 2. Meteorological Frontiers: Climate Knowledge, Territory, and State Formation,  1800–1850 Part II. Stabilizing Climate, Economizing Weather3. Climate Does Not Change: Agricultural Capitalism,Climatology, and the Stabilization of Climate, 1850–1920 4. Economic Rationalization of Weather:Risk, Prediction, and “Normal” Weather, 1870–1930Part III. Climate Crisis and the Politics of Climate Expertise5. The Climate State and the Origins of a Climate Science Field, 1930–1980s 6. Governing Climate Futures: Environmental Security and Security Technologies 7. Future Struggles: Climate Security Experts and the Depoliticization of the  Climate Future Conclusion: Legible Alternatives? RemakingClimate, Rethinking Climatic Stability Notes References Index

Zeke Baker is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Sonoma State University and coeditor of Climate, Science and Society.

“A great read to stretch the mind. . . Spengler interrogates that idea in conjunction with the core of Darwin’s great idea, when he says. . .’Darwin used domestication as his most compelling case study for convincing humanity that evolution is real’.”

• ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Governing Climate in the Past, Present, and Future Part I. Climate Change and the Coproduction of Meteorological and Social Order1. Governing Climate in Early America, 1770–1840 2. Meteorological Frontiers: Climate Knowledge, Territory, and State Formation,  1800–1850 Part II. Stabilizing Climate, Economizing Weather3. Climate Does Not Change: Agricultural Capitalism,Climatology, and the Stabilization of Climate, 1850–1920 4. Economic Rationalization of Weather:Risk, Prediction, and “Normal” Weather, 1870–1930Part III. Climate Crisis and the Politics of Climate Expertise5. The Climate State and the Origins of a Climate Science Field, 1930–1980s 6. Governing Climate Futures: Environmental Security and Security Technologies 7. Future Struggles: Climate Security Experts and the Depoliticization of the  Climate Future Conclusion: Legible Alternatives? RemakingClimate, Rethinking Climatic Stability Notes References Index

Zeke Baker is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Sonoma State University and coeditor of Climate, Science and Society.

“A great read to stretch the mind. . . Spengler interrogates that idea in conjunction with the core of Darwin’s great idea, when he says. . .’Darwin used domestication as his most compelling case study for convincing humanity that evolution is real’.”

• ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Governing Climate in the Past, Present, and Future Part I. Climate Change and the Coproduction of Meteorological and Social Order1. Governing Climate in Early America, 1770–1840 2. Meteorological Frontiers: Climate Knowledge, Territory, and State Formation,  1800–1850 Part II. Stabilizing Climate, Economizing Weather3. Climate Does Not Change: Agricultural Capitalism,Climatology, and the Stabilization of Climate, 1850–1920 4. Economic Rationalization of Weather:Risk, Prediction, and “Normal” Weather, 1870–1930Part III. Climate Crisis and the Politics of Climate Expertise5. The Climate State and the Origins of a Climate Science Field, 1930–1980s 6. Governing Climate Futures: Environmental Security and Security Technologies 7. Future Struggles: Climate Security Experts and the Depoliticization of the  Climate Future Conclusion: Legible Alternatives? RemakingClimate, Rethinking Climatic Stability Notes References Index