UID:
almafu_9959232488602883
Format:
1 online resource (406 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-134-97758-1
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1-280-11230-1
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9786610112302
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0-203-99568-6
Series Statement:
Routledge studies in physical geography and environment ; 3
Content:
History and Climate Change is a balanced and comprehensive overview of the links between climate and man's advance from early to modern times. It draws upon demographic, economic, urban, religious and military perspectives. It is a synthesis of the many historical and scientific theories, which have arisen regarding man's progress through the ages.Central to the book is the question of whether climate variation is a fundamental trigger mechanism from which other historical sequences develop, or one amongst a number of other factors, decisive only when a regime/society is poised fo
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; 1 A confluence of disciplines; 2 Climate dynamics; 3 Empires and barbarians; 4 Antiquity melds; 5 Northerly engagement; 6 Towards the optimum; 7 The Near East in crisis; 8 How savage a culmination?; 9 Through the optimum; 10 Water, warmth and emergent Europe; 11 Pointers to a future; Appendix A: Assessing past climates; Appendix B: An outline chronology, 211-1350; Notes; Select bibliography; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-75505-0
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-01959-1
Language:
English
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