Description: Global Crisis : War, Climate Change and Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century, Paperback by Parker, Geoffrey, ISBN 0300219369, ISBN-13 9780300219364, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US "An accessible synthesis of the prescient best seller exploring seventeenth-century catastrophe and the impact of climate change First published in 2013, Geoffrey Parker's prize-winning best seller Global Crisis analyzes the unprecedented calamities--revolutions, droughts, famines, invasions, wars, and regicides--that befell the mid-seventeenth-century world and wiped out as much as one-third of the global population, and reveals climate change to be the root cause. Examining firsthand accounts of the crises and scrutinizing the prevailing weather patterns during the 1640s and 1650s--longer and harsher winters, and cooler and wetter summers--Parker reveals evidence of disrupted growing seasons causing malnutrition, disease, a higher death toll, and fewer births. This new abridged edition distills the original book's prodigious research for a broader audience while retaining and indeed emphasizing Parker's extraordinary historical achievement: his dazzling demonstration of the link between climate change and worldwide catastrophe 350 years ago. Yet, the contemporary implications of his study are equally important: are we prepared today for the catastrophes that climate change could bring tomorrow? At half the original length, this user-friendly abridgment is ideal for students and general readers seeking a rapid handle on the key issues"--
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Book Title: Global Crisis : War, Climate Change and Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century
Number of Pages: 304 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Yale University Press
Topic: Natural Disasters, Military / General, Ecology, World, Global Warming & Climate Change, Modern / 17th Century
Publication Year: 2017
Item Height: 1.9 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Nature, Science, History
Item Weight: 25 oz
Item Length: 7.8 in
Author: Geoffrey Parker
Item Width: 5.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
