History and climate change : a Eurocentric perspective / Neville Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Neville.

Series:

Routledge studies in physical geography and environment ; 3.

Routledge studies in physical geography and environment ; 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes--Europe--History.

Climatic changes.

Climatic changes--Social aspects--Europe.

Human geography--Europe.

Human geography.

Human beings--Effect of climate on--Europe--History.

Human beings.

Europe--Civilization.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (406 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

History and Climate Change is a balanced and comprehensive overview of the links between climate and man's advance from early to modern times. It draws upon demographic, economic, urban, religious and military perspectives. It is a synthesis of the many historical and scientific theories, which have arisen regarding man's progress through the ages.Central to the book is the question of whether climate variation is a fundamental trigger mechanism from which other historical sequences develop, or one amongst a number of other factors, decisive only when a regime/society is poised fo

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; 1 A confluence of disciplines; 2 Climate dynamics; 3 Empires and barbarians; 4 Antiquity melds; 5 Northerly engagement; 6 Towards the optimum; 7 The Near East in crisis; 8 How savage a culmination?; 9 Through the optimum; 10 Water, warmth and emergent Europe; 11 Pointers to a future; Appendix A: Assessing past climates; Appendix B: An outline chronology, 211-1350; Notes; Select bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-134-97758-1

1-280-11230-1

9786610112302

0-203-99568-6

9780203995686

OCLC:

153925640