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The Great Warming: Climate Change and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations
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by Brian Fagan
Sales Rank: 10464
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List Price: $26.95
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Features
Cover Type: Hard Cover with 304 pages
Published by: Bloomsbury Press March 4, 2008
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 1596913924
ISBN 13 Number: 978-1596913929
Book Dimensions:
9.3 x 6.4 x 1.2 inches
Weighs: 1.2 pounds
Reader Reviews
Most people who have heard the term "Medieval Warming Period" tend to think of it as a period of good weather in Western Europe which led to population growth, the construction of Gothic Cathedrals, and the beginning of the rise of centralized nation-states. Brian Fagan, in another work as intriguing as his earlier "The Little Ice Age, "The Long Summer," and "Floods, Famines, and Emperors," now examines the world wide evidence that this particular warming period not only affected Western Europe but Asia, Africa, Polynesia, and the Americas as well. I find Fagan's work fascinating on many levels. His clear, succinct explanations of the science behind tree ring, glacial ice core, and sedimentation analyses are approachable but not insultingly simple for non-scientists. His ability to draw parallels is impressive, helping us to recognize that what benefited or at least did not harm one culture was damaging or even catastrophic to others. This is quite important when we study the El Nino-Southern Oscillation, or ENSO, which can cause simultaneous floods in the Americas and droughts in India. I especially like his short vignettes of life in various cultures during the Warming Period, which place the climate changes they had to deal with in human context. This is an important book which helps us better understand the role climate change has played in the past and its potential role in our own future.
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