| Publication |
USA, Basic Books, 2002.
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| Description |
xxi, 246pGrey and Black Spine
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| Summary/Abstract |
This book tellls us the story of the turbulent, unpredictable and often very cold years of modern European history, and how this altered climate affected historical events, and what it means for today's global warming. fagan weaves this information into a story that will fascinate anyone interested in history, weather and how the two interact.
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| Contents |
Warmth and its aftermath
The medieval warm period
The great famine
Cooling begins
The climatic seesaw
Storms, cod and doggers
A vast peasantry
The end of the "full world"
The specter of hunger
The war against the glaciers
More like winter than summer
Dearth and revolution
The year without a summer
An Ghorta Mór
The modern warm period.
A warmer greenhouse
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| Standard Number |
0465022723 Pb.
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