Description
| Product ID: | 9781541618596 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Title: | The Little Ice Age (Revised) |
| Subtitle: | How Climate Made History 1300-1850 |
| Authors: | Author: Brian Fagan |
| Page Count: | 288 |
| Subjects: | European history, European history, History: specific events and topics, Weather and climate: general interest, History: specific events & topics, Weather, Europe, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Modern period, c 1500 onwards |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The groundbreaking history of how climate change transformed Europe and the world, from a renowned archaeologist -- updated with a new preface on the latest climate research The Little Ice Age tells the fascinating story of the turbulent, unpredictable, and often very cold years of modern European history. Using sources ranging from the dates of long-ago wine harvests and the business records of medieval monasteries to modern chemical analysis of ice cores, renowned archaeologist Brian Fagan reveals how a 500-year cold snap began in the fourteenth century. As Fagan shows, the increasingly cold and stormy weather dramatically altered fishing and farming practices, and it shaped familiar events, from Norse exploration to the settlement of North America, from the French Revolution to the Irish potato famine to the Industrial Revolution. |
| Imprint Name: | Basic Books |
| Publisher Name: | Basic Books |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2019-12-12 |