Fagan, Brian M.

The great warming : climate change and the rise and fall of civilizations / - 1st U.S. ed. - New York : Bloomsbury Press, c2008. - xvii, 282 pages : Illustrations ;

Includes index.

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.

9781596913929 (alk. paper) 1596913924 (alk. paper)


Global warming - history - to 1500.
Human beings - effect of climate on.
Climatic changes - social aspects.

QC 981.8 / FAG