In Climate Change and the Health of Nations, renowned epidemiologist and climate change expert Anthony McMichael presents a sweeping and authoritative analysis of how human societies have been shaped by climate events. He connects cases of natural climate change to plagues throughout history, issuing a warning about how climate has and will continue to determine our futures.
In Climate Change and the Health of Nations, renowned epidemiologist and climate change expert Anthony McMichael presents a sweeping and authoritative analysis of how human societies have been shaped by climate events. He connects cases of natural climate change to plagues throughout history, issuing a warning about how climate has and will continue to determine our futures.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Anthony J. McMichael (1942-2014), was Emeritus Professor at the Australian National University. He previously was Professor of Epidemiology at the ANU and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.
Inhaltsangabe
* Dedication * Foreword * Preface * Acknowledgements * List of illustrations * 1. Introduction * 2. A Restless Climate * 3. Climatic choreography of health and disease * 4. From Cambrian Explosion to first farmers: how climate made us human * 5. Spread of farming, new diseases, and rising civilisations: Mid-Holocene Optimum, 6,000 BCE to 3,000 BCE. * 6. Eurasian Bronze Age: unsettled climatic times * 7. Romans, Mayans and Anasazi: the Classical Optimum to droughts in the Americas, 300 BCE to 1250 CE * 8. Little Ice Age: Europe, China and beyond * 9. Weather extremes, famine and disease in modern times (1800- 2000 CE) * 10. The Holocene climate: fickle friend and foe * 11. Facing the Future
* Dedication * Foreword * Preface * Acknowledgements * List of illustrations * 1. Introduction * 2. A Restless Climate * 3. Climatic choreography of health and disease * 4. From Cambrian Explosion to first farmers: how climate made us human * 5. Spread of farming, new diseases, and rising civilisations: Mid-Holocene Optimum, 6,000 BCE to 3,000 BCE. * 6. Eurasian Bronze Age: unsettled climatic times * 7. Romans, Mayans and Anasazi: the Classical Optimum to droughts in the Americas, 300 BCE to 1250 CE * 8. Little Ice Age: Europe, China and beyond * 9. Weather extremes, famine and disease in modern times (1800- 2000 CE) * 10. The Holocene climate: fickle friend and foe * 11. Facing the Future
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