The Anthropology of climate change : an historical reader
Texte imprimé
- Auteurs : Dove Michael R. (1949-....) ;
- Editeurs : Chichester, UK. Wiley Blackwell ;
- Date d'édition : 2014, cop. 2014
- ISBN : 978-1-118-38300-1, 1-118-38300-1, 978-1-118-38355-1, 1-118-38355-9
- Sujets : Climat -- Changements -- Histoire, Climat
- Langue(s) : Anglais
- Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xiii-344 p.), : Ill., cartes, couv. ill. en coul., 25 cm
- Pays de publication : Royaume-Uni
- Collection (notice d'ensemble) : Wiley Blackwell Anthologies in Social and Cultural Anthropology, 18,
Notes
Bibliogr. en fin de contrib. Index
Résumé
This book studies the historic and prehistoric records of human impact from and response to prior periods of climate change, including the impact and response to climate change at the local level, Discusses the impact on global debates about climate change from North-South post-colonial histories and the social dimensions of the science of climate change, includes coverage of topics such as environmental determinism, climatic events as social catalysts, climatic disasters and societal collapse, and ethno-meteorology