| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 171 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Prologue -- Two Tales of Famine. A Drought in Ancient Greece ; The Case of the Missing Farmers ; Weather of Indian Times -- Our Climates Since A.D. 900. One Thousand Years in Iceland ; The Flow of Wine, Water, and Ice ; The Past 1,000 Years: Europe, the North Atlantic, the United States -- The Monsoons Fail. Death in the Sahel ; A Manmade Desert ; The Enduring Problem -- A Perspective on Climate Change. In the Beginning ; How Climate Changes ; Pollutants in the Air ; The Lessons of Climatic History |
| Summary |
"In recent years, world climate changes have drawn more attention than at any other time in history. What we once called "crazy weather," just a few years ago, is now beginning to be seen as a part of a logical and, in part, predictable pattern, an awesome natural force that we must deal with if man is to avoid disaster of unprecedented proportions. Climates of Hunger is a book of paramount importance for our time. It will be essential reading not only for professionals in the field -- including agricultural meteorologists, political scientists, geographers, sociologists, and business counselors -- but for all who are concerned in any way with environmental trends, world and domestic food supplies, and their effects on human institutions."--Provided by publisher |
| Analysis |
Climate Changes Effects, to 1977 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-164) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Online resource; title from e-book title screen (Project Muse, viewed October 1, 2015) |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Climatic changes
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Paleoclimatology.
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Droughts.
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Climate Change
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climate change.
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drought.
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NATURE -- Weather.
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Meteorology & Climatology.
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Paleoclimatology
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Droughts
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Climatic changes
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Murray, Thomas J., 1943- author.
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| LC no. |
76053649 |
| ISBN |
9780299073732 |
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0299073734 |
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1282738739 |
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9781282738737 |
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9786612738739 |
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6612738731 |
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