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How to account for decades of worldwide war, revolution, and human suffering in the seventeenth century? A master historian uncovers the disturbing answer.

Revolutions, droughts, famines, invasions, wars, regicides – the calamities of the mid-seventeenth century were not only unprecedented, they were agonisingly widespread.  A global crisis extended from England to Japan, and from the Russian Empire to sub-Saharan Africa. North and South America, too, suffered turbulence. The distinguished historian Geoffrey Parker examines first-hand accounts of men and women throughout the world describing what they saw and suffered during a sequence of political, economic and social crises that stretched from 1618 to the 1680s. Parker also deploys scientific evidence concerning climate conditions of the period, and his use of ‘natural’ as well as ‘human’ archives transforms our understanding of the World Crisis. Changes in the prevailing weather patterns during the 1640s and 1650s – longer and harsher winters, and cooler and wetter summers – disrupted growing seasons, causing dearth, malnutrition, and disease, along with more deaths and fewer births. Some contemporaries estimated that one-third of the world died, and much of the surviving historical evidence supports their pessimism.

Parker’s demonstration of the link between climate change and worldwide catastrophe 350 years ago stands as an extraordinary historical achievement.  And the contemporary implications of his study are equally important are we at all prepared today for the catastrophes that climate change could bring tomorrow?

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How to account for decades of worldwide war, revolution, and human suffering in the seventeenth century? A master historian uncovers the disturbing answer.

Revolutions, droughts, famines, invasions, wars, regicides – the calamities of the mid-seventeenth century were not only unprecedented, they were agonisingly widespread.  A global crisis extended from England to Japan, and from the Russian Empire to sub-Saharan Africa. North and South America, too, suffered turbulence. The distinguished historian Geoffrey Parker examines first-hand accounts of men and women throughout the world describing what they saw and suffered during a sequence of political, economic and social crises that stretched from 1618 to the 1680s. Parker also deploys scientific evidence concerning climate conditions of the period, and his use of ‘natural’ as well as ‘human’ archives transforms our understanding of the World Crisis. Changes in the prevailing weather patterns during the 1640s and 1650s – longer and harsher winters, and cooler and wetter summers – disrupted growing seasons, causing dearth, malnutrition, and disease, along with more deaths and fewer births. Some contemporaries estimated that one-third of the world died, and much of the surviving historical evidence supports their pessimism.

Parker’s demonstration of the link between climate change and worldwide catastrophe 350 years ago stands as an extraordinary historical achievement.  And the contemporary implications of his study are equally important are we at all prepared today for the catastrophes that climate change could bring tomorrow?

Geoffrey Parker,Global Crisis War, Climate Change and Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century,Yale University Press,0300208634,Global Warming Climate Change,History Theory - General,World - General,Civil War;History;17th century.,Climatic changes - History - 17th century,History, Modern - 17th century,History, Modern;17th century.,Human ecology - History - 17th century,Military history, Modern - 17th century,Military history;17th century.,Natural disasters - History - 17th century,CLIMATE CHANGES,General world history,General Adult,HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century,HISTORY / World,History,History Theory - General,History - General History,History, Modern - 17th century,History, Modern;17th century.,History/World,History World,Human ecology - History - 17th century,Military history, Modern - 17th century,Military history;17th century.,Modern - 17th Century,NATURE / Weather,Natural disasters - History - 17th century,Non-Fiction,POLITICAL HISTORY,POLITICAL SCIENCE / History Theory,SCIENCE / Global Warming Climate Change,SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disasters Disaster Relief,SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society,UNIVERSITY PRESS,United States,WORLD HISTORY,World - General,global crisis; war; drought; famine; disaster; weather; geoffrey parker; ice age; hunger; death; chinese history; russian history; ottoman empire; german history; french history; social studies; social problems; welfare; civil war; british history; irish history; global warming; politics; climate change; 17th century; political history; world history; natural disaster; climate; crisis; revolution,global crisis;war;drought;famine;disaster;weather;geoffrey parker;ice age;hunger;death;chinese history;russian history;ottoman empire;german history;french history;social studies;social problems;welfare;civil war;british history;irish history;global warming;politics;climate change;17th century;political history;world history;natural disaster;climate;crisis;revolution,HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century,HISTORY / World,Modern - 17th Century,NATURE / Weather,POLITICAL SCIENCE / History Theory,SCIENCE / Global Warming Climate Change,SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disasters Disaster Relief,SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society,History - General History,Climate Changes,World History,History,History World,General world history

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Product details Paperback 904 pages Publisher Yale University Press (October 21, 2014) Language English ISBN-10 0300208634

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