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A cultural history of climate / Wolfgang Behringer ; translated by Patrick Camiller.
| Author/creator | Behringer, Wolfgang |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity, ©2010. |
| Description | xv, 295 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Kulturgeschichte des Klimas. English |
| Contents | What do we know about the climate? Sources of climate history ; Causes of climate change ; The Palaeoclimate since the formation of the planet -- Global warming : the Holocene. Children of the ice age ; Global warming and civilization ; From Roman optimum to medieval warm period -- Global cooling : the little ice age. The concept of the little ice age ; The changing environment ; Dance of death ; Winter blues -- Cultural consequences of the little ice age. The wrathful God ; Sin economics as the motor of change ; The cool sun of reason -- Global warming : the modern warm period. Apparent uncoupling from the forces of nature ; The discovery of global warming ; Reactions to climate change -- Epilogue : sins against the environment and greenhouse climate. |
| Abstract | Explores the latest historical research on the development of the earth's climate, showing how even minor changes in the climate could result in major social, political, and religious upheavals. |
| General note | "First published in German as Kulturgeschichte des Klimas © Verlag C.H. Beck oHG, München, 2007"--T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN | 9780745645285 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 0745645283 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 9780745645292 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 0745645291 (pbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | GF71 .B4413 2010 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |