Climates of hunger : mankind and the world's changing weather / Reid A. Bryson and Thomas J. Murray.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bryson, Reid A.

Contributor:

Murray, Thomas J., 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes.

Paleoclimatology.

Droughts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (188 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Madison, WI : University of Wisconsin Press, 1977.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In recent years, world climate changes have drawn more attention than at any other time in history. What we once called "crazy weather, " just a few years ago, is now beginning to be seen as a part of a logical and, in part, predictable pattern, an awesome natural force that we must deal with if man is to avoid disaster of unprecedented proportions.Climates of Hunger is a book of paramount importance for our time. It will be essential reading not only for professionals in the field-including agricultural meteorologists, political scientists, geographers, sociologists, and business counselors-but for all who are concerned in any way with environmental trends, world and domestic food supplies, and their effects on human institutions.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Foreword

Prologue

I: Two Tales of Famine

1. A Drought in Ancient Greece

2. The Case of the Missing Farmers

3. Weather of lndian Times

II: Our Climates since A.D. 900

4. One Thousand Years in Iceland

5. The Flow of Wine, Water, and Ice

6. The Past 1,000 Years: Europe, the North Atlantic, the United States

III: The Monsoons Fail

7. Death in the Sahel

8. A Manmade Desert

9. The Enduring Problem

IV: A Perspective on Climatic Change

10. In the Beginning

11. How Climate Changes

12. Pollutants in the Air

13. The Lessons of Climatic History

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612738739

9781282738737

1282738739

9780299073732

0299073734

OCLC:

300899759