Imperial Atmospheres: Race and Climate Control on the Niger
Abstract This essay explores how nineteenth-century environmental technologies rendered climates mobile through an examination of a British-led mission to the Niger River in West Africa in 1841. To protect white sailors from the tropical African climate, expedition authorities invited Scottish venti...
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Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art
2020-09-01
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| Series: | ABE Journal |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/abe/8106 |