Floods, famines, and emperors
Subtitle: El Niño and the fate of civilizations
By: Brian Fagan.
Edition: Rev. ed.
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 346
ISBN-13: 9780465005307
Subjects: El Niño Current; Climatic changes -- Social aspects -- History; Climate and civilization; Human beings -- Effect of climate on -- History
Description: From the Publisher: In 1999, few people had thought to examine the effects of climate on civilization. Now, due in part to the groundbreaking work of archaeologist Brian Fagan, climate change is a central issue. Revised and updated ten years after its first publication, Floods, Famines and Emperors remains the definitive account of how the world's best-known climate event had an indelible impact on history.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.