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The Little Ice Age: How Climate Made History 1300-1850

by Brian M Fagan

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The Little Ice Age tells the story of the turbulent, unpredictable, and often very cold years of modern European history, how this altered climate affected historical events, and what it means for today's global warming. Building on research that has only recently confirmed that the world endured a 500year cold snap, renowned archaeologist Brian Fagan shows how the increasing cold influenced familiar events from Norse exploration to the settlement of North America to the Industrial Revolution. This is a fascinating book for anyone interested in history, climate, and how they interact.

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Examines how climate affected historical events and what it means for today's global warming. Building on research that confirms that the world endured a 500-year "cold snap", the author shows how the increasing cold influenced familiar events from Norse exploration to the Industrial Revolution.

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"[The Little Ice Age] could do for the historical study of climate what Michel Foucault's classic Madness and Civilization did for the historical study of mental illness: make it a respectable subject for scholarly inquiry." -Scientific American.

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This Pulitzer Prize-winning treatise explores patterns and symbols in the disciplines of mathematics, art, and musical composition
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About the Author

Brian Fagan is Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. A former Guggenheim Fellow, he has written many internationally acclaimed popular books about archaeology, including The Little Ice Age, Floods, Famines, and Emperors, and The Long Summer. He lives in Santa Barbara, California.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780465022724
Author:
Fagan, Brian M.
Publisher:
Basic Books (AZ)
Author:
Fagan, Brian M.
Author:
Fagan, Brian
Location:
New York, NY
Subject:
General
Subject:
Weather
Subject:
Archaeology
Subject:
Climatic changes
Subject:
Anthropology - General
Subject:
History
Subject:
Climatic changes -- Europe -- History.
Subject:
Europe Climate History.
Subject:
World History-General
Copyright:
2001
Edition Number:
1st pbk. ed.
Edition Description:
Trade Paper
Series Volume:
133-01
Publication Date:
20011231
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
272
Dimensions:
8 x 5.31 in 10 oz
Age Level:
How Climate Made History, 1300-1850
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"Synopsis" by , Examines how climate affected historical events and what it means for today's global warming. Building on research that confirms that the world endured a 500-year "cold snap", the author shows how the increasing cold influenced familiar events from Norse exploration to the Industrial Revolution.
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"[The Little Ice Age] could do for the historical study of climate what Michel Foucault's classic Madness and Civilization did for the historical study of mental illness: make it a respectable subject for scholarly inquiry." -Scientific American.
"Synopsis" by , This Pulitzer Prize-winning treatise explores patterns and symbols in the disciplines of mathematics, art, and musical composition
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