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Global Crisis
War, Climate Change and Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century
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An accessible synthesis of the prescient best seller exploring seventeenth-century catastrophe and the impact of climate change
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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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Navigating the collapsing world of the seventeenth century, Global Crisis by Geoffrey Parker is praised for its extensive research and incisive analysis of historical and climatological factors. The book offers a compelling narrative by emphasizing the impact of climate over individual agency to explain socio-economic changes, political upheavals, and revolutions globally. With a masterly synthesis of history and paleoclimatology, the work is lauded for opening new avenues for historical inquiry and providing an urgent insight into the implications of climate change, making it an essential read for understanding that pivotal century as well as contemporary climate debates.
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ISBN: 9780300219364
Publisher: Yale University Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 06 June 2017
Country: United States
Imprint: Yale University Press
Edition: Abridged edition
Illustration: 20 b-w illus.
Audience: General / adult
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Height: 197.0mm
Weight: 590g
Pages: 672
About the Author
Geoffrey Parker is Andreas Dorpalen Professor of History and associate of the Mershon Center at The Ohio State University, and the 2012 winner of the Heineken Prize for History. He lives in Columbus, OH.
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