The Palgrave handbook of climate history /

This handbook offers the first comprehensive, state-of-the-field guide to past weather and climate and their role in human societies. Bringing together dozens of international specialists from the sciences and humanities, this volume describes the methods, sources and major findings of historical cl...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: White, Sam, 1980- (Editor), Pfister, Christian (Editor), Mauelshagen, Franz, 1967- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]
Subjects:
Description
Summary:This handbook offers the first comprehensive, state-of-the-field guide to past weather and climate and their role in human societies. Bringing together dozens of international specialists from the sciences and humanities, this volume describes the methods, sources and major findings of historical climate reconstruction and impact research. Its chapters take the reader through each key source of past climate and weather information and each technique of analysis, through each historical period and region of the world, through the major topics of climate and history and core case studies and finally through the history of climate ideas and science. Using clear, non-technical language, The Palgrave Handbook of Climate History serves as a textbook for students, a reference guide for specialists and an introduction to climate history for scholars and interested readers.
Item Description:Palgrave handbooks.
Physical Description:xxv, 656 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1137430192
9781137430199
1349682608
9781349682607