Climate Change in Human History

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Both authors deserve praise for tackling such a wide swath of scholarship and for the book's impressive scope ... [This book] is ideal for multidisciplinary college courses that draw students from both the sciences and history, but all types of readers will undoubtedly learn something new. * H-Environment * A superb work of historical and scientific synthesis. Lieberman and Gordon show how fruitful collaborative efforts between scientists and humanists can be. * Frank Zelko, Associate Professor of History, University of Vermont, USA * Climate Change in Human History demonstrates just how fundamentally a changing climate has worked its way through into the pores of the historical record. This impressive and vastly important volume lays out, in an accessible and stimulating way, a comprehensive narrative from human origins to what may become our anthropogenic twilight. Essential reading not just for historians but students of all disciplines! * Mark Levene, Reader in History at the University of Southampton, UK and , co-editor of History at the End of the World? History, Climate Change and the Possibility of Closure * They say that those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. When it comes to climate change, understanding the impact of past climate changes on human civilization is critical to assessing the unprecedented threat we face with human-caused climate change. There is no better treatment of the topic of climate history than Climate Change in Human History: Prehistory to the Present by Benjamin Lieberman and Elizabeth Gordon. This book is a must-read for anyone seeking greater knowledge of climate history and what it can teach us. * Michael E. Mann, Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science, Penn State University, and co-author of The Madhouse Effect: How Climate Change Denial is Threatening the Planet, Destroying our Politics, and Driving Us Crazy * Climate Change in Human History offers the first concise overview of climate change and human affairs, past and present, suitable for an introductory undergraduate course. The authors manage to cover an admirable range of serious climate history research and give appropriate context for arguments about the role of climate and weather in migrations, conflicts, cultures, and economies. * Sam White, Associate Professor of History, Ohio State University, USA * This book is incredibly valuable for scholars interested in a succinct introduction to climate history. But it is particularly useful for undergraduate courses on the science of climate change and environmental history courses that engage the effects of climate on human history ... An impressively concise volume. -- Daniel Zizzamia * Environmental History *