Global Crisis: War Climate Change And Catastrophe In The Seventeenth Century Geoffrey Parker Yale University Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία History General

How To Account For Decades Of Worldwide War Revolution And Human Suffering In The Seventeenth Century? A Master Historian Uncovers Disturbing Answer Revolutions Droughts Famines Invasions Wars Regicides – Calamities Mid-Seventeenth Century Were Not Only Unprecedented They Agonisingly Widespread Global Crisis Extended From England Japan Russian Empire Sub-Saharan Africa North South America Too Suffered Turbulence Distinguished Geoffrey Parker Examines First-Hand Accounts Men Women Throughout World Describing What Saw During Sequence Political Economic Social Crises That Stretched 1618 1680S Also Deploys Scientific Evidence Concerning Climate Conditions Period His Use ‘Natural’ As Well ‘Human’ Archives Transforms Our Understanding Changes Prevailing Weather Patterns 1640S 1650S Longer Harsher Winters Cooler Wetter Summers Disrupted Growing Seasons Causing Dearth Malnutrition Disease Along With More Deaths Fewer Births Some Contemporaries Estimated One-Third Died Much Surviving Historical Supports Their Pessimism Parker’s Demonstration Link Between Change Catastrophe 350 Years Ago Stands An Extraordinary Achievement Contemporary Implications Study Are Equally Important: We At All Prepared Today Catastrophes Could Bring Tomorrow? Σελίδες: 904 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0815 Διαστάσεις: 15 6X15 6Cm