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050 00 $aGF71$b.B4413 2010
100 1 $aBehringer, Wolfgang.
240 10 $aKulturgeschichte des Klimas.$lEnglish
245 12 $aA cultural history of climate /$cWolfgang Behringer ; translated by Patrick Camiller.
260 $aCambridge, UK ;$aMalden, MA :$bPolity,$cc2010.
300 $axv, 295 p. :$bill., maps ;$c23 cm.
500 $a"First published in German as Kulturgeschichte des Klimas © Verlag C.H. Beck oHG, München, 2007"--T.p. verso.
505 0 $aWhat do we know about the climate? Sources of climate history ; Causes of climate change ; The Palaeoclimate since the formation of the planet -- Global warming : the Holocene. Children of the ice age ; Global warming and civilization ; From Roman optimum to medieval warm period -- Global cooling : the little ice age. The concept of the little ice age ; The changing environment ; Dance of death ; Winter blues -- Cultural consequences of the little ice age. The wrathful God ; Sin economics as the motor of change ; The cool sun of reason -- Global warming : the modern warm period. Apparent uncoupling from the forces of nature ; The discovery of global warming ; Reactions to climate change -- Epilogue : sins against the environment and greenhouse climate.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $aExplores the latest historical research on the development of the earth's climate, showing how even minor changes in the climate could result in major social, political, and religious upheavals.
650 0 $aHuman beings$xEffect of climate on$xHistory.
650 0 $aClimate and civilization$xHistory.
650 0 $aClimatology$xSocial aspects$xHistory.
650 0 $aClimatic changes$xHistory.
650 0 $aGlobal warming.