Tambora: The Eruption That Changed the World

A global history of the climate catastrophe caused by the Tambora eruption When Indonesia's Mount Tambora erupted...
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Tambora: The Eruption That Changed the World by Wood

Tambora: The Eruption That Changed the World

CHF 25.84

Tambora: The Eruption That Changed the World

CHF 25.84
Author: Wood
Format: Paperback
Language: English

A global history of the climate catastrophe caused by the Tambora eruption

When Indonesia's Mount Tambora erupted in 1815, it unleashed the most destructive wave of extreme weather the world has witnessed in thousands of years. The volcano's massive sulfate dust cloud enveloped the Earth, cooling temperatures and disrupting major weather systems for more than three years. Communities worldwide endured famine, disease, and civil unrest on a catastrophic scale.

Here, Gillen D'Arcy Wood traces Tambora's global and historical reach: how the volcano's three-year climate change regime initiated the first worldwide cholera pandemic, expanded opium markets in China, and plunged the United States into its first economic depression. Bringing the history of this planetary emergency to life, Tambora sheds light on the fragile interdependence of climate and human societies to offer a cautionary tale about the potential tragic impacts of drastic climate change in our own century.

Author: Wood
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 09/15/2015
Pages: 312
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780691168623

About the Author
Gillen D'Arcy Wood is professor of English at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, where he directs the Sustainability Studies Initiative in the Humanities.

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