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Climate Change and Human History provides a concise introduction to
the relationship between human beings and climate change throughout
history. Starting hundreds of thousands of years ago and going up
to the present day, this book illustrates how natural climate
variability affected early human societies and how human activity
is now leading to drastic changes to our climate. Taking a
chronological approach the authors explain how climate change
created opportunities and challenges for human societies in each
major time period, covering themes such as phases of climate and
history, climate shocks, the rise and fall of civilizations,
industrialization, accelerating climate change and our future
outlook. This 2nd edition includes a new chapter on the explosion
of social movements, protest groups and key individuals since 2017
and the implications this has had on the history of climate change,
an improved introduction to the Anthropocene and extra content on
the basic dynamics of the climate system alongside updated
historiography. With more case studies, images and individuals
throughout the text, the second edition also includes a glossary of
terms and further reading to aid students in understanding this
interdisciplinary subject. An ideal companion for all students of
environmental history, Climate Change and Human History clearly
demonstrates the critical role of climate in shaping human history
and of the experience of humans in both adapting to and shaping
climate change.
Climate Change and Human History provides a concise introduction to
the relationship between human beings and climate change throughout
history. Starting hundreds of thousands of years ago and going up
to the present day, this book illustrates how natural climate
variability affected early human societies and how human activity
is now leading to drastic changes to our climate. Taking a
chronological approach the authors explain how climate change
created opportunities and challenges for human societies in each
major time period, covering themes such as phases of climate and
history, climate shocks, the rise and fall of civilizations,
industrialization, accelerating climate change and our future
outlook. This 2nd edition includes a new chapter on the explosion
of social movements, protest groups and key individuals since 2017
and the implications this has had on the history of climate change,
an improved introduction to the Anthropocene and extra content on
the basic dynamics of the climate system alongside updated
historiography. With more case studies, images and individuals
throughout the text, the second edition also includes a glossary of
terms and further reading to aid students in understanding this
interdisciplinary subject. An ideal companion for all students of
environmental history, Climate Change and Human History clearly
demonstrates the critical role of climate in shaping human history
and of the experience of humans in both adapting to and shaping
climate change.
Focusing on the major cases of genocide in twentieth-century
Europe, including the Armenian genocide, the Holocaust and genocide
in the former Yugoslavia, as well as mass killing in the Soviet
Union, this book outlines the internal and external roots of
genocide. Internal causes lie in the rise of radical nationalism
and the breakdown of old empires, while external causes lie in the
experience of mass violence in European colonial empires. Such
roots did not make any case of genocide inevitable, but they did
create models for mass destruction. This book enables students to
assess the interplay between general causes of violence and the
specific crises that accelerated moves towards radical genocidal
policies. Chapters on the major cases of twentieth-century European
genocide describe and analyse several key themes: acts of genocide;
perpetrators, victims and bystanders; and genocide in particular
regions. Using the voices of the human actors in genocide, often
ignored or forgotten, this volume provides arresting new insights,
while the conclusion frames European genocide in a global
perspective, giving students an entry point to the discussion of
genocide in other continents and historical periods.
Focusing on the major cases of genocide in twentieth-century
Europe, including the Armenian genocide, the Holocaust, and
genocide in the former Yugoslavia, as well as mass killing in the
Soviet Union, this book outlines the internal and external roots of
genocide. Internal causes lie in the rise of radical nationalism
and the breakdown of old empires, while external causes lie in the
experience of mass violence in European colonial empires. Such
roots did not make any case of genocide inevitable but did create
models for mass destruction. The book enables students to assess
the interplay between general causes of violence and the specific
crises that accelerated moves towards radical genocidal policies.
Chapters on the major cases of twentieth-century European genocide
will each describe and analyse several key themes: acts of
genocide; perpetrators, victims and bystanders; and genocide in
particular regions. Using the voices of the human actors in
genocide, often ignored or forgotten, provides arresting new
insights. The conclusion frames European genocide in a global
perspective, giving students an entry point to discussion of
genocide in other continents and historical periods.
For centuries conquerors, missionaries, and political movements
acting in the name of a single god, nation, or race have sought to
remake human identities. Tracing the rise of exclusive forms of
identity over the past 1500 years, this innovative book explores
both the creation and destruction of exclusive identities,
including those based on nationalism and monotheistic religion.
Benjamin Lieberman focuses on two critical phases of world history:
the age of holy war and conversion, and the age of nationalism and
racism. His cases include the rise of Islam, the expansion of
medieval Christianity, Spanish conquests in the Americas, Muslim
expansion in India, settler expansion in North America, nationalist
cleansing in modern Europe and Asia, and Nazi Germany's efforts to
build a racial empire. He convincingly shows that efforts to
transplant and expand new identities have paradoxically generated
long periods of both stability and explosive violence that remade
the human landscape around the world.
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