Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Chapter 1: Introduction.- Section I: A Millennial History of El Ni o.- Chapter 2: El Ni o in Prehistory.- Chapter 3. El Ni o Chronology and the Little Ice Age.- Chapter 4. The 'Great El Ni o', 1790-94.- Chapter 5: The Influence of El Ni o on World Crises in the Nineteenth Century.- Section II: The Science of El Ni o and the Southern Oscillation.- Chapter 6. The Discovery of ENSO.- Chapter 7. Cataloguing the El Ni o.- Section III: El Ni o and Epidemic Disease.- Chapter 8: El Ni o Events and the History of Epidemic Disease Incidence.- Section IV: El Ni o in Contemporary Society.- Chapter 9: El Ni o in the Twentieth Century.- Chapter 10: El Ni o in the Public Imagination.- Chapter 11: Postscript: El Ni o and Human Future.