El Niño in world history / Richard Grove and George Adamson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grove, Richard (Richard H.), author.

Adamson, George (Climatologist), author.

Contributor:

Beverly Bennett Rutstein CW'50 Fund.

Series:

Palgrave studies in world environmental history

Palgrave Studies in World Environmental History.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes.

History.

El Niño Current.

Southern oscillation.

Human ecology--History.

Human ecology.

Climatic changes--History.

World history.

Pacific Ocean--El Niño Current.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xvii, 245 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.

Summary:

This book examines the role of the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) in society. Throughout human history, large or recurrent El Niños could cause significant disruption to societies and in some cases even contribute to political change. Yet it is only now that we are coming to appreciate the significance of the phenomenon. In this volume, Richard Grove and George Adamson chart the dual history of El Niño: as a global phenomenon capable of devastating weather extremes and, since the 18th century, as a developing idea in science and society. The chapters trace El Niño's position in world history from its role in the revolution in Australian Aboriginal Culture at 5,000 BP to the 2015-16 'Godzilla' event. It ends with a discussion of El Nino in the current media, which is as much a product of the public imagination as it is a natural process.

This book examines the role of the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) in society. Throughout human history, large or recurrent El Niños could cause significant disruption to societies and in some cases even contribute to political change. Yet it is only now that we are coming to appreciate the significance of the phenomenon. In this volume, Richard Grove and George Adamson chart the dual history of El Niño: as a global phenomenon capable of devastating weather extremes and, since the 18th century, as a developing idea in science and society. The chapters trace El Niño's position in world history from its role in the revolution in Australian Aboriginal Culture at 5,000 BP to the 2015-16 'Godzilla' event. It ends with a discussion of El Nino in the current media, which is as much a product of the public imagination as it is a natural process.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction / Richard Grove

pt. I A Millennial History of El Nino

2. El Nino in Prehistory / Richard Grove

3. El Nino Chronology and the Little Ice Age / Richard Grove

4. The `Great El Nino', 1790

1794 / Richard Grove

5. The Influence of El Nino on World Crises in the Nineteenth Century / Richard Grove

pt. II The Science of El Nino and the Southern Oscillation

6. The Discovery of ENSO / George Adamson

7. Cataloguing the El Nino / George Adamson

pt. III El Nino and Epidemic Disease

8. El Nino Events and the History of Epidemic Disease Incidence / Richard Grove

pt. IV El Nino in Contemporary Society

9. El Nino in the Twentieth Century / George Adamson

10. El Nino in the Public Imagination / George Adamson

11. Postscript: El Nino and Human Future / George Adamson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Beverly Bennett Rutstein CW'50 Fund.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781137457394

1137457392

OCLC:

1000579240

Publisher Number:

99975431287