Manifest Disaster: Climate and the Making of America

Climate had a key role in shaping the settlement and development of the West in the United States, according to Carson Fellow Lawrence Culver. By using historical sources, including government land surveys and travel accounts from settlers, Culver demonstrates the important role climate played for both survival and profit in the westward expansion process. Lawrence Culver is an associate professor in the Department of History at Utah State University, where his areas of research and teaching include the cultural, environmental, and urban history of the USA.

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Manifest Disaster: Climate and the Making of America is an episode from Rachel Carson Center (LMU RCC) - HD by Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.

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This episode was published on Nov 19, 2011.

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