03279nam 2200685Ia 450 991097220550332120200520144314.097866127387399781282738737128273873997802990737320299073734(CKB)2560000000056612(OCoLC)300899759(CaPaEBR)ebrary10409680(SSID)ssj0000414198(PQKBManifestationID)11302311(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000414198(PQKBWorkID)10393831(PQKB)11161284(OCoLC)558048158(MdBmJHUP)muse13482(Au-PeEL)EBL3445045(CaPaEBR)ebr10409680(OCoLC)671938610(MiAaPQ)EBC3445045(Perlego)4385953(EXLCZ)99256000000005661220770113d1977 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrClimates of hunger mankind and the world's changing weather /Reid A. Bryson and Thomas J. Murray1st ed.Madison, WI University of Wisconsin Press19771 online resource (188 p.) Includes index.9780299073749 0299073742 Includes bibliographical references and index.Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Prologue -- I: Two Tales of Famine -- 1. A Drought in Ancient Greece -- 2. The Case of the Missing Farmers -- 3. Weather of lndian Times -- II: Our Climates since A.D. 900 -- 4. One Thousand Years in Iceland -- 5. The Flow of Wine, Water, and Ice -- 6. The Past 1,000 Years: Europe, the North Atlantic, the United States -- III: The Monsoons Fail -- 7. Death in the Sahel -- 8. A Manmade Desert -- 9. The Enduring Problem -- IV: A Perspective on Climatic Change -- 10. In the Beginning -- 11. How Climate Changes -- 12. Pollutants in the Air -- 13. The Lessons of Climatic History -- References -- Index.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. Climatic changesPaleoclimatologyDroughtsClimatic changes.Paleoclimatology.Droughts.551.6Bryson Reid A1810638Murray Thomas J.1943-1810639MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910972205503321Climates of hunger4362046UNINA