عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
GF71 .B4413 2010
GF71
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B4413
2010
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
9780745645292
(Number (ISBN
9780745645292 (pbk.)
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Country Code
bnb
LANGUAGE OF THE ITEM
.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc
انگلیسی
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
A cultural history of climate /
First Statement of Responsibility
Wolfgang Behringer ; translated by Patrick Camiller.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Malden, MA :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Polity,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c2010.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xv, 295 p. :
Other Physical Details
ill., maps ;
Dimensions
23 cm.
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
"First published in German as Kulturgeschichte des Klimas � Verlag C.H. Beck oHG, M�unchen, 2007"--T.p. verso.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
What do we know about the climate? Sources of climate history ; Causes of climate change ; The Palaeoclimate since the formation of the planet -- Global warming : the Holocene. Children of the ice age ; Global warming and civilization ; From Roman optimum to medieval warm period -- Global cooling : the little ice age. The concept of the little ice age ; The changing environment ; Dance of death ; Winter blues -- Cultural consequences of the little ice age. The wrathful God ; Sin economics as the motor of change ; The cool sun of reason -- Global warming : the modern warm period. Apparent uncoupling from the forces of nature ; The discovery of global warming ; Reactions to climate change -- Epilogue : sins against the environment and greenhouse climate.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
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.
UNIFORM TITLE
General Material Designation
Kulturgeschichte des Klimas.
Language (when part of a heading)
English
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Human beings-- Effect of climate on-- History.
Climate and civilization-- History.
Climatology-- Social aspects-- History.
Climatic changes-- History.
Global warming.
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
304
.
2/5
Edition
22
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
GF71
Book number
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B4413
2010
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Behringer, Wolfgang.
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20130518100448.0
BL
270410
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