How the Little Ice Age of the Long Seventeenth Century Transformed the West and Shaped the Present
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Köp båda 2 för 404 kr"An intriguing chronicle.... A well-written, informative, and fresh look at a relevant and instructive climate disruption and will appeal to readers interested in European and environmental history as well as our own climate challenges." -- Jennifer Johnson, Booklist "Intriguing.... this wide-ranging and affectionate portrait of 17th-century Europe has a poetic appeal." -- Publishers Weekly "Drawing on rich sources, including diaries, letters, account ledgers, paintings, and religious sermons as well as data gleaned by climate historians and scientists, journalist and translator Blom creates a vivid picture of the European landscape during the Little Ice Age and of social, political, and cultural changes that may have been accelerated by climate change.... An absorbing and revealing portrait of profound natural disaster." -- Kirkus Reviews
The author of Fracture: Life and Culture in the West and The Vertigo Years, Philipp Blom was born in Hamburg in 1970. After studying in Vienna and Oxford, he worked in publishing as a journalist and translator in London and Paris. He lives in Vienna.