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The Palgrave Handbook of Climate History
Sam White (Ed.)
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Description for The Palgrave Handbook of Climate History
Hardback. Editor(s): White, Sam; Pfister, Christian; Mauelshagen, Franz. Num Pages: 544 pages, 70 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: RBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
This handbook offers the first comprehensive, state-of-the-field guide to past weather and climate and their role in human societies. Bringing together dozens of international specialists from the sciences and humanities, this volume describes the methods, sources, and major findings of historical climate reconstruction and impact research. Its chapters take the reader through each key source of past climate and weather information and each technique of analysis; through each historical period and region of the world; through the major topics of climate and history and core case studies; and finally through the history of climate ideas and science. Using clear, ... Read more
This handbook offers the first comprehensive, state-of-the-field guide to past weather and climate and their role in human societies. Bringing together dozens of international specialists from the sciences and humanities, this volume describes the methods, sources, and major findings of historical climate reconstruction and impact research. Its chapters take the reader through each key source of past climate and weather information and each technique of analysis; through each historical period and region of the world; through the major topics of climate and history and core case studies; and finally through the history of climate ideas and science. Using clear, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
656
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137430199
SKU
V9781137430199
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99-15
About Sam White (Ed.)
Sam White is Associate Professor of Environmental History at the Ohio State University, USA and author of the award-winning book The Climate of Rebellion in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire (2011), among other publications. He is also co-founder and director of the Climate History Network. Christian Pfister is Professor Emeritus and Senior Researcher at the Oeschger Centre for Climate ... Read more
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