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02318cam a2200325Ka 4500 |
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ocn236341232 |
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OCoLC |
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20090615194240.0 |
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080727t20092008nyuab b 001 0 eng d |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
159691601X |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781596916012 |
| CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
BTCTA |
| Transcribing agency |
BTCTA |
| Modifying agency |
BAKER |
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YDXCP |
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KUT |
| LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) |
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| Holding library |
JRSA |
| LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
QC981.8.G56 |
| Item number |
F34 2009 |
| LOCAL FREE-TEXT CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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| Classification number |
904.5 F151 2009 |
| AUTHOR NAME |
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| AUTHOR NAME |
Fagan, Brian M. |
| TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Great warming : |
| Remainder of title |
climate change and the rise and fall of civilizations / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Brian Fagan. |
| EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
Pbk. ed. |
| PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Bloomsbury Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2009, c2008. |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xvii, 282 p. : |
| Other physical details |
ill., maps ; |
| Dimensions |
21 cm. |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-262) and index. |
| FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
A time of warming -- "The mantle of the poor" -- The flail of God -- The golden trade of the Moors -- Inuit and Qadlunaat -- The megadrought epoch -- Acorns and pueblos -- Lords of the water mountains -- The lords of Chimor -- Bucking the trades -- The flying fish ocean -- China's sorrow -- The silent elephant. |
| SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
From the 10th to the 15th centuries, the earth experienced a rise in surface temperature that changed climate worldwide--a preview of today's global warming. In some areas, including Western Europe, longer summers brought bountiful harvests and population growth that led to cultural flowering. In the Arctic, Inuit and Norse sailors made cultural connections across thousands of miles as they traded precious iron goods. Polynesian sailors, riding new wind patterns, were able to settle the remotest islands on earth. But in many parts of the world, the warm centuries brought drought and famine. Elaborate societies in western and Central America collapsed, and the vast building complexes of Chaco Canyon and the Mayan Yucatan were left empty. Anthropologist and historian Brian Fagan reveals how subtle changes in the environment had far-reaching effects on human life, in a narrative that sweeps from the Arctic ice cap to the Sahara to the Indian Ocean.--From publisher description. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Climatic changes |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Global warming |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Human beings |
| ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
01. English Non Fiction |
| LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (OCLC) |
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| d |
904 FAG |
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310 |
