The Great Warming: Climate Change and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations

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pp. xvii 282.”As he did in his bestselling The Little Ice Age, anthropologist and historian Brian Fagan reveals how subtle changes in the environment had far-reaching effects on human life, in a narrative that sweeps from the Arctic ice cap to the Sahara to the Indian Ocean. The history of the Great Warming of a half millennium ago suggests that we may yet be underestimating the power of climate change to disrupt our lives today?and our vulnerability to drought, writes Fagan, is the ?silent elephant in the room”

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ISBN 1596913924
ISBN13 9781596913929
Number of pages 282
Original Title The Great Warming: Climate Change and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations
Published Date 2008
Book Condition Very Good
Jacket Condition Very Good
Binding Hardcover
Size 8vo
Place of Publication New York
Edition Fourth
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pp. xvii 282.”As he did in his bestselling The Little Ice Age, anthropologist and historian Brian Fagan reveals how subtle changes in the environment had far-reaching effects on human life, in a narrative that sweeps from the Arctic ice cap to the Sahara to the Indian Ocean. The history of the Great Warming of a half millennium ago suggests that we may yet be underestimating the power of climate change to disrupt our lives today?and our vulnerability to drought, writes Fagan, is the ?silent elephant in the room”

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Weight 1 kg