Global crisis : war, climate change and catastrophe in the seventeenth century / Geoffrey Parker

Englisch

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2013]

Online-Ressource (xxix, 871 pages, [16] pages of plates) : illustrations, maps

Includes bibliographical references (pages 794-845) and index

Rezensiert in: Ivonin, Yuri: [Rezension von: Parker, Geoffrey, Global Crisis: War, Climate Change and Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century], 2014

Print version: Global Crisis : War, Climate Change and Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century

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""Contents""; ""Illustrations""; ""Prologue""; ""Introduction: The â€?Little Ice Ageâ€? and the â€?General Crisisâ€?""; ""PART I""; ""1 The Little Ice Age1""; ""2 The â€?General Crisisâ€?""; ""3 â€?Hunger is the greatest enemyâ€?: The Heart of the Crisis""; ""4 â€?A third of the world has diedâ€?: Surviving in the Seventeenth Century1""; ""PART II""; ""5 The â€?Great Enterpriseâ€? in China, 1618â€?84""; ""6 â€?The great shakingâ€?: Russia and the Polish-ÂLithuanian Commonwealth, 1618â€?86""; ""7 The â€?Ottoman tragedyâ€?, 1618â€?83""

""8 The �lamentations of Germany� and its Neighbours, 1618�88""""9 The Agony of the Iberian Peninsula, 1618�89""; ""10 France in Crisis, 1618�88""; ""11 The Stuart Monarchy: The Path to Civil War, 1603�42""; ""12 Britain and Ireland from Civil War to Revolution, 1642�89""; ""PART III""; ""13 The Mughals and their Neighbours""; ""14 Red Flag over Italy""; ""15 The �dark continents�: The Americas, Africa and Australia""; ""16 Getting it Right: Early Tokugawa Japan1""; ""PART IV""; ""17 �Those who have no means of support�: The Parameters of Popular Resistance""

""18 �People who hope only for a change�: Aristocrats, Intellectuals, Clerics and the �dirty people of no name�""""19 �People of heterodox beliefs . . . who will join up with anyone who calls them�: Disseminating Revolution""; ""PART V""; ""20 Escaping the Crisis""; ""21 From Warfare State to Welfare State""; ""22 The Great Divergence""; ""Conclusion: The Crisis Anatomized""; ""Epilogue: �It�s the climate, stupid�""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Conventions""; ""Sources and Bibliography""; ""Abbreviations Used in the Bibliography and Notes""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""

""Index""

*Military history -- 17th century ; Civil war -- History -- 17th century ; Revolutions -- History -- 17th century ; Climatic changes -- Social aspects -- History -- 17th century ; Disasters -- History -- 17th century ; History, Modern -- 17th century ; History, Modern -- 17th century ; Military history -- 17th century ; Civil war -- History -- 17th century ; Revolutions -- History -- 17th century ; Climatic changes -- Social aspects -- History -- 17th century ; Disasters -- History -- 17th century

*Civil war ; History ; 17th century ; Climatic changes ; Social aspects ; History ; 17th century ; Disasters ; History ; 17th century ; History, Modern ; 17th century ; Military history ; 17th century ; Revolutions ; History ; 17th century ; Electronic books

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: D247

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Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Prologue -- Introduction: The 'Little Ice Age' and the 'General Crisis' -- PART I -- 1 The Little Ice Age1 -- 2 The 'General Crisis' -- 3 'Hunger is the greatest enemy': The Heart of the Crisis -- 4 'A third of the world has died': Surviving in the Seventeenth Century1 -- PART II -- 5 The 'Great Enterprise' in China, 1618-84 -- 6 'The great shaking': Russia and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 1618-86 -- 7 The 'Ottoman tragedy', 1618-83 -- 8 The 'lamentations of Germany' and its Neighbours, 1618-88 -- 9 The Agony of the Iberian Peninsula, 1618-89 -- 10 France in Crisis, 1618-88 -- 11 The Stuart Monarchy: The Path to Civil War, 1603-42 -- 12 Britain and Ireland from Civil War to Revolution, 1642-89 -- PART III -- 13 The Mughals and their Neighbours -- 14 Red Flag over Italy -- 15 The 'dark continents': The Americas, Africa and Australia -- 16 Getting it Right: Early Tokugawa Japan1 -- PART IV -- 17 'Those who have no means of support': The Parameters of Popular Resistance -- 18 'People who hope only for a change': Aristocrats, Intellectuals, Clerics and the 'dirty people of no name' -- 19 'People of heterodox beliefs . . . who will join up with anyone who calls them': Disseminating Revolution -- PART V -- 20 Escaping the Crisis -- 21 From Warfare State to Welfare State -- 22 The Great Divergence -- Conclusion: The Crisis Anatomized -- Epilogue: 'It's the climate, stupid' -- Acknowledgements -- Conventions -- Sources and Bibliography -- Abbreviations Used in the Bibliography and Notes -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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