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Tambora and the Year without a Summer - How a Volcano Plunged the World into Crisis (Hardcover)
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Tambora and the Year without a Summer - How a Volcano Plunged the World into Crisis (Hardcover)
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In 1816, the climate went berserk. The winter brought extreme cold,
and torrential rains unleashed massive flooding in Asia. Western
Europe and North America experienced a 'year without a summer',
while failed harvests in 1817 led to the 'year of famine'. At the
time, nobody knew that all these disturbances were the result of a
single event: the eruption of Mount Tambora in what is now
Indonesia - the greatest volcanic eruption in recorded history. In
this book, leading climate historian Wolfgang Behringer provides
the first globally comprehensive account of a climate catastrophe
that would cast the world into political and social crises for
years to come. Concentrating on the period between 1815 and 1820,
Behringer shows how this natural occurrence led to worldwide
unrest. Analysing events as diverse as the persecution of Jews in
Germany, the Peterloo Massacre in the United Kingdom, witch hunts
in South Africa and anti-colonial uprisings in Asia, Behringer
demonstrates that no region on earth was untouched by the effects
of the eruption. Drawing parallels with our world today, Tambora
and its aftermath become a case study for how societies and
individuals respond to climate change, what risks emerge and how
they might be overcome. This comprehensive account of the impact of
one of the greatest environmental disasters in human history will
be of interest to a wide readership and to anyone seeking to
understand better how we might mitigate the effects of climate
change.
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