Make It Rain
State Control of the Atmosphere in Twentieth-Century America
- Contents
- Review Quotes
- Awards

Introduction
Part I Weather Control: Scientific Fringe to Scientific Mainstream (1890–1950)
1 Ka-Boom!
2 Weather in an Icebox: Scientific Weather Control
Part II Coming to Grips with Weather Control (1950–1957)
3 US Congress: Controlling Weather Control
4 State Governments: Averting “Weather Wars”
5 The Meteorologists: Corralling the Research Agenda
Conclusion to Part II
Part III Weather Control as State Tool (1957–1980)
6 Weather Control as State Tool on the Home Front
7 Weather Control as State Tool on Military and Diplomatic Fronts
Conclusion to Part III
8 Conclusion: Weather Control and the American State
Abbreviations
Notes
Index
Florida State University Libraries: Florida Book Awards
Finalist
Bronze medal in general nonfiction category
American Meteorology Society: Louis J. Battan Author Award
Won
History of Science Society: Watson Davis and Helen Miles Davis Prize
Short Listed
History: American History | Environmental History | History of Technology
Political Science: Public Policy
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