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E-bok
Engelska, 2020710 kr
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The ramifications of the Global Financial Crisis, which erupted in 2007, continue to surprise not only the general public but also finance professionals, economists, and journalists. Faced with this challenge, Preparing for the Next Financial Crisis goes back to basics. The authors ask: what do theory and empirical observations tell us about the causes and the consequences of financial crisis and instability? In what has become an increasingly complex financial world, what lessons can we learn from economic policies, which have been implemented, and research, which has developed extremely rapidly in recent years, so as not to repeat past mistakes?
In this comprehensive review of the literature, which is both complete and balanced, the authors highlight the points of consensus among economists and policymakers. They assess the capacity of economic policies and institutions in limiting the cost of financial instability. In conclusion, they ask if the financial system has become safer, in the light especially of the Covid-19 Global Crisis. Ten years after the GFC crisis, this is a timely review of the reform agenda, the progress made, and the areas where further changes need to be made to address new risks and challenges.
E-bok
PDF, Engelska, 2020710 kr
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The ramifications of the Global Financial Crisis, which erupted in 2007, continue to surprise not only the general public but also finance professionals, economists, and journalists. Faced with this challenge, Preparing for the Next Financial Crisis goes back to basics. The authors ask: what do theory and empirical observations tell us about the causes and the consequences of financial crisis and instability? In what has become an increasingly complex financial world, what lessons can we learn from economic policies, which have been implemented, and research, which has developed extremely rapidly in recent years, so as not to repeat past mistakes?
In this comprehensive review of the literature, which is both complete and balanced, the authors highlight the points of consensus among economists and policymakers. They assess the capacity of economic policies and institutions in limiting the cost of financial instability. In conclusion, they ask if the financial system has become safer, in the light especially of the Covid-19 Global Crisis. Ten years after the GFC crisis, this is a timely review of the reform agenda, the progress made, and the areas where further changes need to be made to address new risks and challenges.
Häftad, Engelska, 2009
795 kr
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Catastrophes, it seems, are becoming more frequent in the twenty-first century. According to UN statistics, every year approximately two hundred million people are directly affected by natural disasters—seven times the number of people who are affected by war. Discussions about global warming and fatal disasters such as Katrina and the Tsunami of 2004 have heightened our awareness of natural disasters and of their impact on both local and global communities. Hollywood has also produced numerous disaster movies in recent years, some of which have become blockbusters. This volume demonstrates that natural catastrophes—earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, etc.—have exercised a vast impact on humans throughout history and in almost every part of the world. It argues that human attitudes toward catastrophes have changed over time. Surprisingly, this has not necessarily led to a reduction of exposure or risk. The organization of the book resembles a journey around the globe—from Europe to North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, and from the Pacific through South America and Mexico to the United States. While natural disasters appear everywhere on the globe, different cultures, societies, and nations have adopted specific styles for coping with disaster. Indeed, how humans deal with catastrophes depends largely on social and cultural patterns, values, religious belief systems, political institutions, and economic structures. The roles that catastrophes play in society and the meanings they are given vary from one region to the next; they differ—and this is one of the principal arguments of this book—from one cultural, political, and geographic space to the next. The essays collected here help us to understand not only how people in different times throughout history have learned to cope with disaster but also how humans in different parts of the world have developed specific cultural, social, and technological strategies for doing so.
Inbunden, Engelska, 1999
1 623 kr
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A multidecadal cooling is known to have occurred in Europe in the final decades of the sixteenth-century. It is still open to debate as to what might have caused the underlying shifts in atmospheric circulation and how these changes affected societies. This book is the fruit of interdisciplinary cooperation among 37 scientists including climatologists, hydrologists, glaciologists, dendroclimatologists, and economic and cultural historians. The known documentary climatic evidence from six European countries is compared to results of tree-ring studies. Seasonal temperature and precipitation are estimated from this data and monthly mean surface pressure patterns in the European area are reconstructed for outstanding anomalies. Results are compared to fluctuations of Alpine glaciers and to changes in the frequency of severe floods and coastal storms. Moreover, the impact of climate change on grain prices and wine production is assessed. Finally, it is convincingly argued that witches at that time were burnt as scapegoats for climatic change.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2018
2 447 kr
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This handbook offers the first comprehensive, state-of-the-field guide to past weather and climate and their role in human societies. Bringing together dozens of international specialists from the sciences and humanities, this volume describes the methods, sources, and major findings of historical climate reconstruction and impact research. Its chapters take the reader through each key source of past climate and weather information and each technique of analysis; through each historical period and region of the world; through the major topics of climate and history and core case studies; and finally through the history of climate ideas and science. Using clear, non-technical language, The Palgrave Handbook of Climate History serves as a textbook for students, a reference guide for specialists and an introduction to climate history for scholars and interested readers.
E-bok
Engelska, 20182 436 kr
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This handbook offers the first comprehensive, state-of-the-field guide to past weather and climate and their role in human societies. Bringing together dozens of international specialists from the sciences and humanities, this volume describes the methods, sources, and major findings of historical climate reconstruction and impact research. Its chapters take the reader through each key source of past climate and weather information and each technique of analysis; through each historical period and region of the world; through the major topics of climate and history and core case studies; and finally through the history of climate ideas and science. Using clear, non-technical language, The Palgrave Handbook of Climate History serves as a textbook for students, a reference guide for specialists and an introduction to climate history for scholars and interested readers.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2020
2 264 kr
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The ramifications of the Global Financial Crisis, which erupted in 2007, continue to surprise not only the general public but also finance professionals, economists, and journalists. Faced with this challenge, Preparing for the Next Financial Crisis goes back to basics. The authors ask: what do theory and empirical observations tell us about the causes and the consequences of financial crisis and instability? In what has become an increasingly complex financial world, what lessons can we learn from economic policies, which have been implemented, and research, which has developed extremely rapidly in recent years, so as not to repeat past mistakes?In this comprehensive review of the literature, which is both complete and balanced, the authors highlight the points of consensus among economists and policymakers. They assess the capacity of economic policies and institutions in limiting the cost of financial instability. In conclusion, they ask if the financial system has become safer, in the light especially of the Covid-19 Global Crisis. Ten years after the GFC crisis, this is a timely review of the reform agenda, the progress made, and the areas where further changes need to be made to address new risks and challenges.
Häftad, Engelska, 2020
604 kr
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The ramifications of the Global Financial Crisis, which erupted in 2007, continue to surprise not only the general public but also finance professionals, economists, and journalists. Faced with this challenge, Preparing for the Next Financial Crisis goes back to basics. The authors ask: what do theory and empirical observations tell us about the causes and the consequences of financial crisis and instability? In what has become an increasingly complex financial world, what lessons can we learn from economic policies, which have been implemented, and research, which has developed extremely rapidly in recent years, so as not to repeat past mistakes?In this comprehensive review of the literature, which is both complete and balanced, the authors highlight the points of consensus among economists and policymakers. They assess the capacity of economic policies and institutions in limiting the cost of financial instability. In conclusion, they ask if the financial system has become safer, in the light especially of the Covid-19 Global Crisis. Ten years after the GFC crisis, this is a timely review of the reform agenda, the progress made, and the areas where further changes need to be made to address new risks and challenges.
Häftad, Franska, 2013
272 kr
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Häftad, Franska, 2011
272 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2019
1 893 kr
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This handbook offers the first comprehensive, state-of-the-field guide to past weather and climate and their role in human societies. Bringing together dozens of international specialists from the sciences and humanities, this volume describes the methods, sources, and major findings of historical climate reconstruction and impact research. Its chapters take the reader through each key source of past climate and weather information and each technique of analysis; through each historical period and region of the world; through the major topics of climate and history and core case studies; and finally through the history of climate ideas and science. Using clear, non-technical language, The Palgrave Handbook of Climate History serves as a textbook for students, a reference guide for specialists and an introduction to climate history for scholars and interested readers.
Häftad, Franska, 2013
569 kr
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Häftad, Franska, 2013
634 kr
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Häftad, Franska, 2013
153 kr
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Häftad, Franska, 2014
172 kr
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Häftad, Franska, 2016
172 kr
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Häftad, Franska, 2017
163 kr
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Häftad, Franska, 2021
569 kr
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Häftad, Franska, 2022
213 kr
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Inbunden, Tyska, 2021
556 kr
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Inbunden, Engelska, 2021
595 kr
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E-bok
PDF, Tyska, 2021453 kr
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Reich illustriertes Sachbuch zur Geschichte des Klimawandels in Europa.Zwei Perspektiven, ein einzigartiger Bild-Text-Band: Zwei führende Experten, ein Historiker und ein Klimatologe, verfassen gemeinsam ein neues Standardwerk zur Klimageschichte.Ein Überblick über den Zusammenhang klimatischer und gesellschaftlicher Entwicklungen der letzten 1000 Jahre.Erstmals haben für dieses Buch ein klimageschichtlich bewanderter Historiker und ein Klimatologe mit einem Flair für Klimageschichte eng zusammengearbeitet. Das Buch vermittelt eine einmalige Kombination von Klimarekonstruktionen anhand von Dokumentendaten in ihrem humangeschichtlichen Kontext und zeitlich hochaufgelösten Analysen der Klima- und Gletschergeschichte."In diesem Buch wird klar gezeigt, wie sich Klimaveränderungen über viele Jahrhunderte auf die Umwelt und die Menschen in Europa auswirkten, dies mit wichtigen Lehren für die Zukunft. Ein wunderbar fesselnder und gut dokumentierter Bericht von zwei der führenden europäischen Klimaforscher."Prof. Dr. Raymond Bradley, Direktor, Climate System Research Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst (USA)"Dieses einzigartige Buch bietet neue faszinierende Einblicke in die Wechselwirkung von Klima und Gesellschaft der letzten 1000 Jahre in Europa. Es kann Klimatologen, Historikern und Geowissenschaftlern, aber auch Studierenden und der breiten Öffentlichkeit ausdrücklich empfohlen werden."Prof. Dr. Rudolf Brázdil, Institut für Geographie, Masaryk-Universität, Brünn (Tschechien)"Die Autoren vermitteln eine spannende interdisziplinäre Kombination von Geschichte und Naturwissenschaften, um die komplexen Beziehungen von Klima und Gesellschaft während des letzten Jahrtausends darzustellen. Sie zeigen überzeugend, dass der Klimawandel nichts Neues ist, während sie gleichzeitig die Eigenheiten der beispiellosen klimatischen Epoche beschreiben, vor der die Menschheit jetzt steht."Prof. Dr. Jan de Vries, emeritierter Professor für Geschichte und Wirtschaft, University of California, Berkeley (USA)
E-bok
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A richly illustrated book on the history of climate change in Europe.Two perspectives, one unique book: two leading experts, a historian and a climatologist, co-author a new standard work on climate history.An overview of the connection between climatic and social developments over the last 1000 years.For the first time, a historian and a climatologist with knowledge of climate history have worked closely together to create a unique book, combining climate reconstructions based on documented data in their human-historical context with temporally highly resolved analyses of climate and glaciers."Here we can clearly see how changes in climate affected the environment and people of Europe over many centuries, with important lessons for the future. A wonderfully engaging and well-documented account by two of Europe''s leading climate scientists."Prof. Dr. Raymond Bradley, Director, Climate System Research Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst (USA)"This unique book provides new fascinating insights into the interaction of past climate and society in Europe. It can be highly recommended to climatologists, historians and geoscientists, but also to students and the broad public."Prof. Dr. Rudolf Brázdil, Department of Geography, Masaryk University, Brno (Czech Republic)"The authors offer a truly interdisciplinary combination of history and science in order to explore the complex relationships of climate and society over the past millennium. They demonstrate convincingly that climate change is nothing new while at the same time revealing the character of the unprecedented climatic epoch mankind now faces."Prof. Dr. Jan de Vries, Professor Emeritus of History and Economics, University of California, Berkeley (USA)Christian Pfister is Professor Emeritus of Economic, Social and Environmental History at the University of Bern, Switzerland. He was founding president of the European Society for Environmental History (ESEH).Heinz Wanner is Professor Emeritus of Geography and Climatology. He was co-chair of the international Past Global Changes (PAGES) project and a member of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).Both scientists work at the renowned Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research at the University of Bern.
Del 28 - Enzyklopädie Deutscher Geschichte
Bevölkerungsgeschichte Und Historische Demographie 1500-1800
Inbunden, Tyska, 2007
290 kr
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E-bok
PDF, Tyska, 2010286 kr
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Die historische Demographie hat es sich zur Aufgabe gemacht, die generativen Strukturen einer Gesellschaft und ihre Veränderungen aufzudecken. Gerade in der Gesellschaft der Frühen Neuzeit mit ihren knappen Ressourcen war die Bevölkerungsentwicklung ein entscheidender Parameter, dessen Kenntnisnahme für den Historiker unabdingbar ist. Anhand der Schlüsselbegriffe Heiratsmuster, Illegitimität, Fruchtbarkeit, Sterblichkeit und Wanderungsgeschehen umreißt Christian Pfister die Trends der Bevölkerungsentwicklung auf überregionaler Ebene und stellt sie am Beispiel regionaler und ökotypischer Fallstudien (Stadt, Gebirgsraum, Küstenraum, protoindustrielle Gebiete) in Beziehung zu lokalen Lebenswelten (Konfession, Arbeitsrhythmus, soziale Beziehungen, Normen).
E-bok
PDF, Engelska, 20121 416 kr
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There is a growing need for cooperation between disciplines, not only to deal with the burning problems of the present, but to study the interaction of societies and their ecosystems in the past. In the 1970s studies in Environmental History were largely confined to North America. Recent years have brought about a vast increase in the "amount, the quality and the scope of scholarship on historical interactions between human (social and economic) de velopment and the biosphere in Europe, both East and West. This broad interest in environmental history may have been heightened and sharpened by the dangers of unbridled technology and unlimited growth, which are becoming more and more manifest. However, for several reasons it is still difficult to become familiar with the different approaches to this new and interdisciplinary of study. Many fields of thought - biology, anthropology, field geography, sociology and history - are involved; the relevant books and articles are hard to find and a coherent theoretical framework is still lacking, because the key issues have yet to be submitted to a thorough scholarly debate. It is hoped that the pre sent volume will make a contribution towards overcoming those shortcomings.
Häftad, Engelska, 2011
1 084 kr
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There is a growing need for cooperation between disciplines, not only to deal with the burning problems of the present, but to study the interaction of societies and their ecosystems in the past. In the 1970s studies in Environmental History were largely confined to North America. Recent years have brought about a vast increase in the "amount, the quality and the scope of scholarship on historical interactions between human (social and economic) de velopment and the biosphere in Europe, both East and West. This broad interest in environmental history may have been heightened and sharpened by the dangers of unbridled technology and unlimited growth, which are becoming more and more manifest. However, for several reasons it is still difficult to become familiar with the different approaches to this new and interdisciplinary of study. Many fields of thought - biology, anthropology, field geography, sociology and history - are involved; the relevant books and articles are hard to find and a coherent theoretical framework is still lacking, because the key issues have yet to be submitted to a thorough scholarly debate. It is hoped that the pre sent volume will make a contribution towards overcoming those shortcomings.
E-bok
PDF, Tyska, 2016975 kr
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Wahrend des Ersten Weltkrieges pragten Nahrungsmittel-, Energie- und Ressourcenkonflikte den Alltag an der "e;Heimatfront"e;. Die Schweiz konnte sich diesen Konflikten trotz ihrer Neutralitat nicht entziehen: Ihre offene Volkswirtschaft und ihre Importabhangigkeit von Gutern des taglichen Bedarfs machten sie verletzlich und veranderten das Gesicht des Krieges. Trotzdem wurden diese Krisen in der Geschichte der Schweiz zum Ersten Weltkrieg bisher kaum thematisiert. Der Ausgangspunkt des Sammelbandes ist die These des britischen Historikers Avner Offer, wonach sich der Erste Weltkrieg spatestens ab 1916 immer mehr um Brot und Kartoffeln gedreht habe. Fragen nach der Ernahrungs- und Energiesicherheit sowie der Ressourcenallokation stehen deshalb im Zentrum der verschiedenen Beitrage. Die dreizehn Autorinnen und Autoren schlagen eine Brucke zwischen dem Globalen und dem Lokalen und betrachten die wirtschaftliche Landesversorgung in der Schweiz in den Jahren 1914 bis 1918 aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven. Ein Thema sind die Versorgungsengpasse bei den Nahrungsmitteln und bei der Energie, die sich in der zweiten Halfte des Krieges zu einer Frage der nationalen Existenz entwickelten. Exemplarisch wird in Fallstudien der Umgang der eidgenossischen, kantonalen und lokalen Behorden mit der Nahrungsmittel-, Energie- und Ressourcenknappheit untersucht. Zusammen mit dem Auftreten der Spanischen Grippe und dem Landesstreik fuhrte diese Knappheit am Ende des Ersten Weltkrieges zu einer der schwersten innenpolitischen Krisen des 20. Jahrhunderts. Der Band verknupft dabei verschiedene historiographische Ansatze zur Geschichte dieses globalen Konfliktes neu und ruckt die Akteure ins Zentrum der Betrachtung.
Häftad, Engelska, 2010
1 671 kr
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A multidecadal cooling is known to have occurred in Europe in the final decades of the sixteenth-century. It is still open to debate as to what might have caused the underlying shifts in atmospheric circulation and how these changes affected societies. This book is the fruit of interdisciplinary cooperation among 37 scientists including climatologists, hydrologists, glaciologists, dendroclimatologists, and economic and cultural historians. The known documentary climatic evidence from six European countries is compared to results of tree-ring studies. Seasonal temperature and precipitation are estimated from this data and monthly mean surface pressure patterns in the European area are reconstructed for outstanding anomalies. Results are compared to fluctuations of Alpine glaciers and to changes in the frequency of severe floods and coastal storms. Moreover, the impact of climate change on grain prices and wine production is assessed. Finally, it is convincingly argued that witches at that time were burnt as scapegoats for climatic change.
E-bok
PDF, Engelska, 20132 110 kr
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A multidecadal cooling is known to have occurred in Europe in the final decades of the sixteenth-century. It is still open to debate as to what might have caused the underlying shifts in atmospheric circulation and how these changes affected societies. This book is the fruit of interdisciplinary cooperation among 37 scientists including climatologists, hydrologists, glaciologists, dendroclimatologists, and economic and cultural historians. The known documentary climatic evidence from six European countries is compared to results of tree-ring studies. Seasonal temperature and precipitation are estimated from this data and monthly mean surface pressure patterns in the European area are reconstructed for outstanding anomalies. Results are compared to fluctuations of Alpine glaciers and to changes in the frequency of severe floods and coastal storms. Moreover, the impact of climate change on grain prices and wine production is assessed. Finally, it is convincingly argued that witches at that time were burnt as scapegoats for climatic change.