Floods, Famines, and Emperors El Nino and the Fate of Civilizations
by Fagan, Brian
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0465011209
- ISBN 13
- 9780465011209
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Basic Books. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1999. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. 0465011209 . DJ and boards show very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 7 X 1.25 X 10.25 inches; 304 pages; "In 1997 and early 1998, one of the most powerful El Niños ever recorded disrupted weather patterns all over the world. Europe suffered through a record freeze as the American West was hit with massive floods and snowstorms; in the western Pacific, meanwhile, some island nations literally went bone dry and had to have water flown in on transport planes. Such effects are not new: climatologists now know the El Niño and other climate anomalies have been disrupting weather patterns throughout history. But until recently, no one had asked how this new understanding of the global weather system related to archaeology and history. Droughts, floods, heat and cold put stress on cultures and force them to adapt. What determines whether they adapt successfully? .
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- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21089
- Title
- Floods, Famines, and Emperors El Nino and the Fate of Civilizations
- Author
- Fagan, Brian
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; Second Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0465011209
- ISBN 13
- 9780465011209
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- 0465011209, el nino, atmospheric river, heat wave, deforestation, drought, weather
- Bookseller catalogs
- SCIENCE;
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