xv, 295 p. : 24 cm

Explores the latest historical research on the development of the earth's climate, showing how even minor changes in the climate could result in major social, political, and religious upheavals

"First published in German as Kulturgeschichte des Klimas, [copyright] Verlag C.H. Beck oHG, München, 2007"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-261) and index

"Further reading": p. 262-263

What do we know about the climate? -- Global warming : the Holocene -- Global cooling : the little ice age -- Cultural consequences of the little ice age -- Global warming : the modern warm period -- Epilogue : sins against the environment and greenhouse climate

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