The great warming
Subtitle: climate change and the rise and fall of civilizations
By: Brian Fagan.
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Press; Distributed to the trade by Macmillan
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9781596913929
Subjects: Global warming -- History -- To 1500; Human beings -- Effect of climate on; Climatic changes -- Social aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A time of warming; title: The mantle of the poor; title: The flail of god; title: The golden trade of the Moors; title: Inuit and Qadlunaat; title: The megadrought epoch; title: Acorns and pueblos; title: Lords of the water mountains; title: The lords of Chimor; title: Bucking the trades; title: The flying fish ocean; title: China's sorrow; title: The silent elephant.