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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.

Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Brown, Neville
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: London : Routledge, 2001.
Collection:Routledge studies in physical geography and environment ; 3.
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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.