The great warming : climate change and the rise and fall of civilizations / Brian Fagan.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fagan, Brian M.
Language:English
Published: New York : Bloomsbury Press : Distributed to the trade by Macmillan, 2008.
Edition:First U.S. edition.
Subjects:
Global warming > History > To 1500.
Human beings > Effect of climate on.
Climatic changes > Social aspects.
Physical Description:xvii, 282 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • A time of warming
  • "The mantle of the poor"
  • The flail of God
  • The golden trade of the Moors
  • Inuit and Qadlunaat
  • The megadrought epoch
  • Acorns and pueblos
  • Lords of the water mountains
  • The lords of Chimor
  • Bucking the trades
  • The flying fish ocean
  • China's sorrow
  • The silent elephant.