The Little Ice Age
Subtitle: how climate made history, 1300-1850
By: Brian Fagan.
Edition: 1st pbk. ed.
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
Subjects: Climatic changes -- Europe -- History
Description: The Little Ice Age tells the story of the turbulent, unpredictable, and often very cold years of modern European history, how this altered climate affected historical events, and what it means for today's global warming. Building on research that has only recently confirmed that the world endured a 500-year cold snap, renowned archaeologist Brian Fagan shows how the increasing cold influenced familiar events from Norse exploration to the settlement of North America to the Industrial Revolution. This is a fascinating book for anyone interested in history, climate, and how they interact.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Acknowledgments; title: Author's note; title: Warmth and its aftermath: Medieval warm period; title: Great famine; title: Cooling begins: Climatic seesaw; title: Storms, cod and doggers; title: Vast peasantry; title: End of the "full world": Specter of hunger; title: War against the glaciers; title: "More like winter than summer"; title: Dearth and revolution; title: Year without a summer; title: Ghorta mor; title: Modern warm period: Warmer greenhouse; title: Notes; title: Index.