Lieberman, Benjamin (Author)
Gordon, Elizabeth (Author)
Bloomsbury Academic
Physical Details: 244
Language: English
Climate Change and Human History provides an up-to-date and concise introduction to the relationship between human beings and climate change throughout history. Starting with periods hundreds of thousands of years ago and continuing up to the present day, the book illustrates how natural climate variability affected early human societies, and how humans are now altering climate drastically within much shorter periods of time. For each major period of time, the book will explain how climate change has created opportunities as well as risks and challenges for human societies. The book introduces and develops several related themes including: Phases of climate and history Factors that shape climate Climate shocks and sharp climate shifts Climate and the rise and fall of civilizations Industrialization and climate science Accelerating climate change, human societies, and the future.
...MoreReview Dagomar Degroot (2019) Review of "Climate Change in Human History: Prehistory to the Present". Journal of Interdisciplinary History (pp. 483-484).
Review Daniel Zizzamia (October 2018) Review of "Climate Change in Human History: Prehistory to the Present". Environmental History (pp. 912-914).
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