{"product_id":"climate-and-history-studies-in-past-climates-and-their-impact-on-man-paperback-9780521312202","title":"Climate and History; Studies in Past Climates and their Impact on Man (Paperback) 9780521312202","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eClimate and History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eStudies in Past Climates and their Impact on Man\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis 1985 book was the first major survey of both the methodology of climatic reconstruction and the problem of climate\/history interactions.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eT. M. L. Wigley (Edited by), M. J. Ingram (Edited by), G. Farmer (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521312202, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 17 October 1985\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e544 pages\u003cbr\u003e15.2 x 22.9 x 3.6 cm, 0.79 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis highly successful book is a collection of twenty papers, specially written by research workers in the many relevant disciplines. First published in 1985, it was the first major survey of both the methodology of climatic reconstruction and the problem of climate\/history interactions, and embodies the results of fruitful co-operation between historians, archaeologists and scientists. It discusses: the climatic information obtainable from the study of chemical isotopes, glaciers, pollen remains, tree rings, archaeological materials and documentary sources; the theoretical and methodological problems involved in assessing the impact of climate and climatic change on past societies; and provides a series of case studies arguing for or against the importance of climatic factors in human affairs in specific economic, social and cultural contexts.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of contributors\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Introduction: 1. Past climates and their impact on man: a review M. J. Ingram, G. Farmer and T. M. L. Wigley\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Reconstruction of Past Climates: 2. The use of stable isotope data in climate reconstruction J. Gray\u003cbr\u003e 3. Glaciological evidence of Holocene climatic change S. C. Porter\u003cbr\u003e 4. The use of pollen analysis in the reconstruction of past climates: a review H. J. B. Birks\u003cbr\u003e 5. Reconstructing seasonal to century time scale variations in climate from tree-ring evidence H. C. Fritts, G. R. Lofgren and G. A. Gordon\u003cbr\u003e 6. Archaeological evidence for climatic change during the last 5000 years R. McGhee\u003cbr\u003e 7. The use of documentary sources for the study of past climates M. J. Ingram, D. J. Underhill and G. Farmer\u003cbr\u003e 8. An analysis of the little Ice Age climate in Switzerland and its consequences for agricultural production C. Pfister\u003cbr\u003e 9. The historical climatology of Africa S. E. Nicholson\u003cbr\u003e 10. Drought and floods in China, 1470–1979 Wand Shao-Wu and Zhao Zong-Ci\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Towards a Theory of Climate History Interactions: 11. An approach to the study of the development of climate and its impact in human affairs H. H. Lamb\u003cbr\u003e 12. Short-term climactic fluctuations and their economic role H. Flohn\u003cbr\u003e 13. Climatic change and the agricultural frontier: a research strategy M. L. Parry\u003cbr\u003e 14. History and climate: some economic models J. L. Anderson\u003cbr\u003e 15. Climate and popular unrest in late medieval Castile A. Mackay\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Climate-History Interactions: Some Case Studies: 16. Climate, environment and history: the case of Roman North Africa B. D. Shaw\u003cbr\u003e 17. The economics of extinction in Norse Greenland T. H. McGovern\u003cbr\u003e 18. Weather and the peasantry of Upper Brittany, 1780–89 D. M. G. Sutherland\u003cbr\u003e 19. Climatic stress and Maine agriculture, 1785–1885 D. C. Smith, H. W. Borns, W. R. Baron and A. E. Bridges\u003cbr\u003e 20. Droughts in India over the last 200 years, and their socio-economic impacts and remedial measures for them D. A. Mooley and G. B. Pant\u003cbr\u003e 21. The effect of climate fluctuations on human populations: two hypotheses M. J. Bowden, R. W. Kates, P. A. Kay, W. E. Riebsame, R. A. Warrick, D. L. Johnson, H. A. Gould and D. Weiner\u003cbr\u003e Author index\u003cbr\u003e Subject index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Earth sciences [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Earth sciences\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Earth%20sciences%20%5BRB%5D%22\"\u003eRB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46007082713368,"sku":"9780521312202","price":56.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521312202i_dee27a0b-65a5-45f5-af82-56bcbe02895e.jpg?v=1691375041","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/climate-and-history-studies-in-past-climates-and-their-impact-on-man-paperback-9780521312202","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}