Tambora and the year without a summer : how a volcano plunged the world into crisis / Wolfgang Behringer ; translated by Pamela Selwyn.

Author/creator Behringer, Wolfgang author.
Format Book
EditionEnglish edition.
PublicationCambridge ; Medford, MA : Polity Press, [2019]
Descriptionvii, 334 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Uniform titleTambora und das Jahr ohne Sommer. English
Contents Introduction : the Tambora crisis -- The year of the explosion : 1815 -- The year without a summer : 1816 -- The year of famine : 1817 -- The turbulent years that followed : 1818-1820 -- The long-range effects of the Tambora crisis -- Epilogue : from meaningless to meaningful crisis -- Abbreviations.
General noteOriginally published in German as: Tambora und das Jahr ohne Sommer : wie ein Vulkan die Welt in die Krise stürzte. Based on 3rd German edition (München : C.H. Beck, 2016).
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Behringer, Wolfgang, author. Tambora and the year without a summer English edition. Medford, MA : Polity Press, [2019] 9781509525522
Genre/formCase studies.
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2018038779
ISBN9781509525492 hardcover
ISBN1509525491 hardcover

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Joyner General Stacks QE523.T285 B4413 2019 ✔ Available Place Hold