A Cold Welcome

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The Little Ice Age and Europe’s Encounter with North America

By Sam White

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A Cold Welcome by Sam White explores the challenging experiences of early European settlers in North America during the Little Ice Age. It delves into how the harsh climate impacted their survival, shaping the course of colonisation efforts. By combining historical records with climate science, the author provides a fresh perspective on how environmental factors influenced historical events.
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You might enjoy this book if you're fascinated by the impact of climate change on historical events, particularly during the age of exploration and colonisation in North America. It offers a compelling analysis of how extreme weather conditions and environmental challenges shaped the early encounters and settlements in the New World, blending historical narrative with environmental science.

A Cold Welcome

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Cundill History Prize Finalist
Longman–History Today Prize Finalist
Winner of the Roland H. Bainton Book Prize

"Meticulous environmental-historical detective work."
-Times Literary Supplement

When Europeans first arrived in North America, they faced a cold new world. The average global temperature had dropped to lows unseen in millennia. The effects of this climatic upheaval were stark and unpredictable: blizzards and deep freezes, droughts and famines, winters in which everything froze, even the Rio Grande. A Cold Welcome tells the story of this crucial period, taking us from Europe's earliest expeditions in unfamiliar landscapes to the perilous first winters in Quebec and Jamestown. As we confront our own uncertain future, it offers a powerful reminder of the unexpected risks of an unpredictable climate.

"A remarkable journey through the complex impacts of the Little Ice Age on Colonial North America. This beautifully written, important book leaves us in no doubt that we ignore the chronicle of past climate change at our peril. I found it hard to put down."
-Brian Fagan, author of The Little Ice Age

"Deeply researched and exciting. His fresh account of the climatic forces shaping the colonization of North America differs significantly from long-standing interpretations of those early calamities."
-New York Review of Books

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A Cold Welcome by Sam White is praised for its meticulous research and compelling narrative, beautifully intertwining the stories of early European colonial expeditions in North America with the impacts of the Little Ice Age. Critics commend White’s ability to illuminate the often-overlooked climatic challenges that significantly influenced colonisation attempts. Highlighting the interplay between environmental conditions and human vulnerability, the work is seen as an important contribution to both historical and climate studies.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780674244900

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 04 February 2020

Country: United States

Imprint: Harvard University Press

Illustration: 12 Maps

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 210.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 384

Collections

American & Canadian History Education & Reference European History History & Military Non-Fiction Sam White Science & Nature

About the Author

Sam White is Associate Professor in the Department of History at The Ohio State University.