Global crisis : war, climate change and catastrophe in the seventeenth century
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New Haven : Yale University Press, [2013]., , ©2013.
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9780300153231, 0300153236
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Published
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2013]., , ©2013.
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xxix, 871 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 25 cm
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English
ISBN
9780300153231, 0300153236

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 794-845) and index.
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"Revolutions, droughts, famines, invasions, wars, regicides - the calamities of the mid-seventeenth century were not only unprecedented, they were agonizingly widespread. A global crisis extended from England to Japan, and from the Russian Empire to sub-Saharan Africa. North and South America, too, suffered turbulence. The distinguished historian Geoffrey Parker examines first-hand accounts of men and women throughout the world describing what they saw and suffered during a sequence of political, economic and social crises that stretched from 1618 to the 1680s. Parker also deploys scientific evidence concerning climate conditions of the period, and his use of 'natural' as well as 'human' archives transforms our understanding of the World Crisis. Changes in the prevailing weather patterns during the 1640s and 1650s - longer and harsher winters, and cooler and wetter summers - disrupted growing seasons, causing dearth, malnutrition, and disease, along with more deaths and fewer births. Some contemporaries estimated that one-third of the world died, and much of the surviving historical evidence supports their pessimism. Parker's demonstration of the link between climate change and worldwide catastrophe 350 years ago stands as an extraordinary historical achievement. And the contemporary implications of his study are equally important: are we at all prepared today for the catastrophes that climate change could bring tomorrow?"--Publisher's website.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Parker, G. (2013). Global crisis: war, climate change and catastrophe in the seventeenth century . Yale University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Parker, Geoffrey, 1943-. 2013. Global Crisis: War, Climate Change and Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century. Yale University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Parker, Geoffrey, 1943-. Global Crisis: War, Climate Change and Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century Yale University Press, 2013.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Parker, Geoffrey. Global Crisis: War, Climate Change and Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century Yale University Press, 2013.

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