Climates of hunger [[electronic resource] ] : mankind and the world's changing weather / / Reid A. Bryson and Thomas J. Murray
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Bryson Reid A
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| Titolo: |
Climates of hunger [[electronic resource] ] : mankind and the world's changing weather / / Reid A. Bryson and Thomas J. Murray
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| Pubblicazione: | Madison, WI, : University of Wisconsin Press, 1977 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (188 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 551.6 |
| Soggetto topico: | Climatic changes |
| Paleoclimatology | |
| Droughts | |
| Altri autori: |
MurrayThomas J. <1943->
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| Note generali: | Includes index. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Climates of hunger |
| ISBN: | 1-282-73873-9 |
| 9786612738739 | |
| 0-299-07373-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910808430103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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