Floods, famines, and emperors : El Niño and the fate of civilizations / Brian Fagan

Author:: Fagan, Brian M.
Published:: New York : Basic Books, [2009]
Copyright Date:: ©2009
Edition:: Rev. ed.
Physical Description:: xxi, 346 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm

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Contents:

THE CHRISTMAS CHILD: The great visitation -- Guano happens -- ENSO -- The North Atlantic oscillation -- ANCIENT EL NINOS: A time of warming -- Pharaohs in crisis -- The Moche lords -- The classic Maya collapse -- The ancient ones -- CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE STREAM OF TIME: The catastrophe of 1877-1878 -- Drought follows the plow -- El Ninos that shook the world -- The fate of civilizations.

Subject(s):

Climatic changes—Social aspects—History
Climate and civilization
Human beings—Effect of climate on—History
El Niño Current

ISBN:

9780465005307 (alk. paper)
0465005306 (alk. paper)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-329) and index.

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