The Little Ice Age (Revised) - How Climate Made History 1300-1850 (Paperback)

The Little Ice Age tells the fascinating story of the turbulent, unpredictable, and often very cold years of modern European history. Using sources ranging from the dates of long-ago wine harvests and the business records of medieval monasteries to modern chemical analysis of ice cores, renowned archaeologist Brian Fagan reveals how a 500-year cold snap began in the fourteenth century. As Fagan shows, the increasingly cold and stormy weather dramatically altered fishing and farming practices, and it shaped familiar events, from Norse exploration to the settlement of North America, from the French Revolution to the Irish potato famine to the Industrial Revolution. Now updated with a new preface discussing the latest historical climate research, The Little Ice Age offers deeply important context for understanding today's age of global warming. As the Little Ice Age shows, climate change does not come in gentle, easy stages, and its influence on human life is profound.

General

Imprint:	BasicBooks
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2019
Authors:	Brian Fagan
Dimensions:	208 x 138 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	288
ISBN-13:	978-1-5416-1859-6
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > Natural history, country life & pets > General Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > General Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > Meteorology > General Books > History > European history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > General
LSN:	1-5416-1859-9
Barcode:	9781541618596

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