Description |
xx, 370 pages ; 25 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Introduction -- A restless climate -- Climatic choreography of health and disease -- From Cambrian explosion to first farmers : how climate made us human -- Spread of farming, new diseases, and rising civilizations : mid-holocene optimum -- Eurasian bronze age : unsettled climatic times -- Romans, Mayans, and Anasazi : the classical optimum to droughts in the Americas -- Little ice age : Europe, China, and beyond -- Weather extremes in modern times -- Humans throughout the holocene -- Facing the future. |
Subject |
Human beings -- Effect of climate on.
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Climatic changes -- Health aspects.
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Climatic changes -- Health aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00864247
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Human beings -- Effect of climate on.
(OCoLC)fst00962839
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Added Author |
Woodward, Alistair, author.
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Muir, Cameron, author.
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ISBN |
9780190262952 hardcover |
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0190262958 hardcover |
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