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Chaos in the heavens : a forgotten history of climate change
Uniform Title
Révoltes du ciel. English
Title
Chaos in the heavens : a forgotten history of climate change / Jean-Baptiste Fressoz and Fabien Locher ; translated by Gregory Elliott.
ISBN
9781839767227
1839767227
9781839767241
9781839767234
Publication
London ; New York : Verso, 2024.
Physical Description
ix, 276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Notes
"Translation based on the revised French edition of Les révoltes du ciel : une histoire du changement climatique (xve-xxe siècle)."
Summary
"Nothing could seem more contemporary than climate change. Yet, in Chaos in the Heavens, Jean-Baptiste Fressoz and Fabien Locher show that we have been thinking about and debating the consequences of our actions upon the environment for centuries. The subject was raised wherever history accelerated: by the Conquistadors in the New World, by the French revolutionaries of 1789, by the scientists and politicians of the nineteenth century, by the European imperialists in Asia and Africa until the Second World War"-- Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Online version: Fressoz, Jean-Baptiste. Révoltes du ciel. English. Chaos in the heavens London ; New York : Verso, 2024
Format
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 16, 2024
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction : ten theses on climate change
Christopher Columbus's true discovery
Improving the world?
The climate of history
The birth of historical climatology
An arsenal in the Indian Ocean
The climate of the revolution
Climate patriotism
In the shadow of the volcano
Should the national forests be sold?
The crusades of François-Antoine Rauch
Circular no. 18 : an inquiry into climate change from two
The power of forests
The horizon clears
The enigmas of the climatic past
Restoring the world, governing empires
The innocent carbon of the nineteenth century.
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