LEADER 03463nam 2200637 450 001 9910825631303321 005 20230126212833.0 010 $a1-62894-119-7 035 $a(CKB)3710000000394491 035 $a(EBL)3001725 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001460778E 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12624560 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001460778 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11467140 035 $a(PQKB)11144593 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3001725 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3001725 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11042650 035 $a(OCoLC)909898674 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000394491 100 $a20150422h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEighteen hundred and froze to death $ethe impact of America's first climate crisis /$fJohn V.H. Dippel 210 1$aNew York :$cAlgora Publishing,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (222 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-62894-117-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1. The Coldest Summer on Record""; ""Chapter 2. In Search of a New Garden of Eden""; ""Chapter 3. A Real American Revolution""; ""Chapter 4. Who Hurls the Thunderbolt Now?""; ""Chapter 5. From Ploughshares to Power Looms""; ""Chapter 6. Confronting the Monster Within""; ""Postscript""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index"" 330 2 $a"Almost 200 years ago the Northeast endured a dramatic, devastating series of cold spells, destroying crops, forcing thousand to migrate west, and causing many to wonder if their assumptions about a world governed by a beneficial Providence were valid. The so-called 'year without a summer' also exposed weaknesses in political and theological authorities, spurring a trend toward scientific inquiry and greater democracy. An endangered New England agriculture gave impetus to that region's manufacturing sector. This book is written with the parallels between 1816 and our current 'climate change' in mind: it introduces informed non-specialists to the myriad of social, psychological, political, demographic, and economic consequences which can be brought about by abrupt change"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aClimatic changes$zNortheastern States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aCold waves (Meteorology)$zNortheastern States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aClimatic changes$xSocial aspects$zNortheastern States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aSocial change$zNortheastern States$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aNortheastern States$xEnvironmental conditions$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aNortheastern States$xSocial conditions$y19th century 607 $aNortheastern States$xPolitics and government$y19th century 607 $aNortheastern States$xEconomic conditions$y19th century 615 0$aClimatic changes$xHistory 615 0$aCold waves (Meteorology)$xHistory 615 0$aClimatic changes$xSocial aspects$xHistory 615 0$aSocial change$xHistory 676 $a363.34/92 700 $aDippel$b John Van Houten$f1946-$01723172 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825631303321 996 $aEighteen hundred and froze to death$94124197 997 $aUNINA