The Long Summer: How Climate Changed Civilization
| AUTHOR | Fagan, Brian |
| PUBLISHER | Basic Books (12/29/2004) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Paperback (Paperback) |
Description
For more than a century we've known that much of human evolution occurred in an Ice Age. Starting about 15,000 years ago, temperatures began to rise, the glaciers receded, and sea levels rose. The rise of human civilization and all of recorded history occurred in this warm period, known as the Holocene. Until very recently we had no detailed record of climate changes during the Holocene. Now we do. In this engrossing and captivating look at the human effects of climate variability, Brian Fagan shows how climate functioned as what the historian Paul Kennedy described as one of the "deeper transformations" of history -- a more important historical factor than we understand.
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ISBN-13:
9780465022823
ISBN-10:
0465022820
Binding:
Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
284
Carton Quantity:
26
Product Dimensions:
5.36 x 0.82 x 8.01 inches
Weight:
0.63 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Bibliography,
Index,
Price on Product,
Maps,
Table of Contents,
Ikids,
Illustrated
Country of Origin:
US
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Science | Environmental Science (see also Chemistry - Environmental)
Science | Earth Sciences - Meteorology & Climatology
Science | Civilization
Dewey Decimal:
551.6
Library of Congress Control Number:
2003013917
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For more than a century we've known that much of human evolution occurred in an Ice Age. Starting about 15,000 years ago, temperatures began to rise, the glaciers receded, and sea levels rose. The rise of human civilization and all of recorded history occurred in this warm period, known as the Holocene. Until very recently we had no detailed record of climate changes during the Holocene. Now we do. In this engrossing and captivating look at the human effects of climate variability, Brian Fagan shows how climate functioned as what the historian Paul Kennedy described as one of the "deeper transformations" of history -- a more important historical factor than we understand.
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