Description: This book is a balanced and comprehensive overview of the links between climate and man's advance from pre-history to modern times. It is a synthesis of the many historical and scientific theories regarding man's progress through the ages
Review Quotes:
'I do most strongly recommend it.' - Richard Hill The Naval Review
'The book is impressive in its coverage of eleven centuries of European history and the synthesis of considerable literature on climate change. Brown clearly has an informed appreciation for European social, economic and demographic and environmental history.' - Georgina H. Endfield, The Geographical Journal.
'History and Climate Change is a fascinating study, linking climate with human advance from early times, holistically bringing in a wide range of disciplines, fitting well into today's emphasis on interdiscipinary studies. It is a densely written, scholarly voume, very thoroughly researched and containing a mass of information ... It is essential reading for meterologists, historians, specialists in international affairs, international security, military history and international politics.' - Frank Barnaby, Oxford Research Group