History and climate change : a Eurocentric perspective /
This book is a balanced and comprehensive overview of the links between climate and man's advance from pre-history to modern times. It is a synthesis of the many historical and scientific theories regarding man's progress through the ages.
Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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London :
Routledge,
2001.
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Collection: | Routledge studies in physical geography and environment ;
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- 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.