Dagomar Degroot (Washington DC Georgetown University)

The Frigid Golden Age

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Produktbeschreibung

The first detailed analysis of how climate change influenced the Golden Age of the Dutch Republic, from the middle of the sixteenth century to the early decades of the eighteenth century. For environmental historians, scholars of Dutch history, and anyone interested in climate change.

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Produktdetails

• Studies in Environment and History
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 388
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 580g
• ISBN-13: 9781108410410
• ISBN-10: 1108410413
• Artikelnr.: 55717712

Autorenporträt

Dagomar Degroot is an Assistant Professor of environmental history at Georgetown University, Washington, DC. He is the co-founder of the Climate History Network, an organization of more than 200 academics in the sciences and humanities.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: crisis and opportunity in a changing climate
1. The Little Ice Age
Part I. Commerce and Climate Change: Part I. Preface
2. Reaching Asia in a stormy, chilly climate
3. Sailing, floating, riding, and skating through a cooler Europe
Part II. Conflict and Climate Change: Part II. Preface
4. Cooling, warming, and the wars of independence, 1564-1648
5. Gales, winds, and Anglo-Dutch antagonism, 1652-88
Part III. Culture and Climate Change: Part III. Preface
6. Tracing and painting the Little Ice Age
7. Texts, technologies, and climate change
Conclusion: lessons from ice and gold
Appendices.