Climate Change in Human History: Prehistory to the Present

Benjamin Lieberman

ISBN 10: 135017033X / ISBN 13: 9781350170339

Published by Bloomsbury Academic (UK), 2022

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Synopsis:

PROSE Award for Excellence in Humanities Finalist 2023

Climate Change and Human History provides a concise introduction to the relationship between human beings and climate change throughout history.

Starting hundreds of thousands of years ago and going up to the present day, this book illustrates how natural climate variability affected early human societies and how human activity is now leading to drastic changes to our climate. Taking a chronological approach the authors explain how climate change created opportunities and challenges for human societies in each major time period, covering themes such as phases of climate and history, climate shocks, the rise and fall of civilizations, industrialization, accelerating climate change and our future outlook.

This 2nd edition includes a new chapter on the explosion of social movements, protest groups and key individuals since 2017 and the implications this has had on the history of climate change, an improved introduction to the Anthropocene and extra content on the basic dynamics of the climate system alongside updated historiography. With more case studies, images and individuals throughout the text, the second edition also includes a glossary of terms and further reading to aid students in understanding this interdisciplinary subject.

An ideal companion for all students of environmental history, Climate Change and Human History clearly demonstrates the critical role of climate in shaping human history and of the experience of humans in both adapting to and shaping climate change.

About the Author: Benjamin Lieberman is Professor of History at Fitchburg State University, USA. He is the author of Terrible Fate: Ethnic Cleansing in the Making of Modern Europe (2013) and The Holocaust and Genocides in Europe (2013).

Elizabeth Gordon is Professor of Geoscience at Fitchburg State University, USA.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Climate Change in Human History: Prehistory ...
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic (UK)
Publication Date: 2022
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Like New
Edition: 2nd Edition