Global crisis

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An accessible synthesis of the prescient best seller exploring seventeenth-century catastrophe and the impact of climate change



An accessible synthesis of the prescient best seller exploring seventeenth-century catastrophe and the impact of climate change

First published in 2013, Geoffrey Parker’s prize-winning best seller Global Crisis analyzes the unprecedented calamities—revolutions, droughts, famines, invasions, wars, and regicides—that befell the mid-seventeenth-century world and wiped out as much as one-third of the global population, and reveals climate change to be the root cause. Examining firsthand accounts of the crises and scrutinizing the prevailing weather patterns during the 1640s and 1650s—longer and harsher winters, and cooler and wetter summers—Parker reveals evidence of disrupted growing seasons causing malnutrition, disease, a higher death toll, and fewer births.

This new abridged edition distills the original book’s prodigious research for a broader audience while retaining and indeed emphasizing Parker’s extraordinary historical achievement: his dazzling demonstration of the link between climate change and worldwide catastrophe 350 years ago. Yet, the contemporary implications of his study are equally important: are we prepared today for the catastrophes that climate change could bring tomorrow? At half the original length, this user-friendly abridgment is ideal for students and general readers seeking a rapid handle on the key issues.

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Taal: en

Bindwijze: Paperback

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 06 juni 2017

Aantal pagina's: 352

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Geoffrey Parker

Tweede Auteur: Geoffrey Parker

Hoofduitgeverij: Yale University Press

Editie: Abridged and Revised Edition

Extra groot lettertype: Nee

Product breedte: 127 mm

Product hoogte: 37 mm

Product lengte: 197 mm

Studieboek: Ja

Verpakking breedte: 132 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 39 mm

Verpakking lengte: 200 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 857 g

EAN: 9780300219364

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