Tambora

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The Eruption That Changed the World

By Gillen D’Arcy Wood

Summary

Tambora by Gillen D’Arcy Wood explores the profound global impacts of the 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia. The book delves into how this volcanic event led to a year without a summer, causing worldwide climatic disruptions, food shortages, and social upheavals. Focusing on the intersections of science, history, and culture, Wood illustrates how a single natural disaster reshaped the nineteenth-century world.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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You might enjoy this book if you are fascinated by the interconnectedness of natural phenomena and historical events. It explores how a cataclysmic volcanic eruption influenced global climates, impacted biodiversity, and even shaped history in the 19th century. Ideal for those intrigued by how nature's upheavals can ripple through human civilization.

When Indonesia's Mount Tambora erupted in 1815, it unleashed the most destructive wave of extreme weather the world has witnessed in thousands of years. The volcano's massive sulfate dust cloud enveloped the Earth, cooling temperatures and disrupting major weather systems for more than three years. Communities worldwide endured famine, disease, and

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Communities worldwide endured famine, disease, and civil unrest on a catastrophic scale. Here, Gillen D'Arcy Wood traces Tambora's global and historical reach: how the volcano's three-year climate change regime initiated the first worldwide cholera pandemic, expanded opium markets in China, and plunged the United States into its first economic depression.

Bringing the history of this planetary emergency to life, Tambora sheds light on the fragile interdependence of climate and human societies to offer a cautionary tale about the potential tragic impacts of drastic climate change in our own century.

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Tambora by Gillen D'Arcy Wood is widely praised for its compelling narrative and interdisciplinary approach, drawing on both scientific and historical perspectives to illustrate the global effects of the 1815 eruption. Critics highlight the book's success in linking the eruption to significant cultural, political, and climatic changes, emphasizing Wood's thorough research and engaging writing style. It is recognised for offering a cautionary tale on climate change and demonstrating the interconnectedness of human and environmental systems, making it both an informative and engaging read.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780691168623

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 September 2015

Country: United States

Imprint: Princeton University Press

Illustration: 25 halftones. 25 line illus. 1 table.

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 235.0mm

Weight: 482g

Pages: 312

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About the Author

Gillen D'Arcy Wood is professor of English at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, where he directs the Sustainability Studies Initiative in the Humanities.

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