04636cam a2200493 i 4500 115365 115365 19504175 BJBSDDR 20230411090726.0 a|||||r|||| 00| 0 ta 170217s2017 ctuab b 001 0 eng 2017005476 9780300219364 (paperback) 0300219369 (paperback) DLC eng DLC rda DLC eng pcc D 247 P239g 2017 909/.6 Parker, Geoffrey, 1943- 17609 Global crisis : war, climate change and catastrophe in the seventeenth century / Geoffrey Parker. Abridged and revised edition. New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, 2017. xxvii, 643 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 588-621) and index. Preface to the Abridged Edition -- Prologue: Did Someone Say "Climate Change"? -- Introduction: The Little Ice Age and the General Crisis -- PART I. THE PLACENTA OF THE CRISIS -- The Little Ice Age -- The General Crisis -- "Hunger is the Greatest Enemy" : The Heart of the Crisis -- Surviving in the Seventeenth Century -- PART II. ENDURING THE CRISIS -- The Great Enterprise in China, 1618/84 -- "The Great Shaking" : Russia and the Polish/Lithuanian Commonwealth, 1618/86 -- The "Ottoman tragedy," 1618/83 -- Bloodlands : Germany and its Neighbours, 1618/88 -- The Agony of the Iberian Peninsula, 1618/89 -- France in Crisis, 1618/88 -- The Stuart Monarchy : The Path to Civil War, 1603/42 -- Britain and Ireland from Civil War to Revolution, 1642/89 -- PART III. SURVIVING THE CRISIS -- The Mughals and their Neighbours -- Red Flag over Italy -- The Americas, Africa and Australia -- Getting it Right : Early Tokugawa Japan -- PART IV. Confronting the Crisis -- "Those Who Have No Means of Support" : The Parameters of Popular Resistance -- "People Who Hope Only For a Change" : Aristocrats, Intellectuals, Clerics and "Dirty People of No Name" -- "eople of Heterodox Beliefs...Who Will Join Up With Anyone Who Calls Them" : Disseminating Revolution -- PART V. BEYOND THE CRISIS -- Escaping the Crisis -- Warfare State or Welfare State? -- The Great Divergence -- Conclusion: The Crisis Anatomized -- Epilogue: It's the climate, stupid -- Chronology. "An accessible synthesis of the prescient best seller exploring seventeenth-century catastrophe and the impact of climate change First published in 2013, Geoffrey Parker's prize-winning best seller Global Crisis analyzes the unprecedented calamities--revolutions, droughts, famines, invasions, wars, and regicides--that befell the mid-seventeenth-century world and wiped out as much as one-third of the global population, and reveals climate change to be the root cause. Examining firsthand accounts of the crises and scrutinizing the prevailing weather patterns during the 1640s and 1650s--longer and harsher winters, and cooler and wetter summers--Parker reveals evidence of disrupted growing seasons causing malnutrition, disease, a higher death toll, and fewer births. This new abridged edition distills the original book's prodigious research for a broader audience while retaining and indeed emphasizing Parker's extraordinary historical achievement: his dazzling demonstration of the link between climate change and worldwide catastrophe 350 years ago. Yet, the contemporary implications of his study are equally important: are we prepared today for the catastrophes that climate change could bring tomorrow? At half the original length, this user-friendly abridgment is ideal for students and general readers seeking a rapid handle on the key issues"-- Provided by publisher. History, Modern 17th century. Military history 17th century. Civil War History 17th century. Revolutions History 17th century. Climatic changes Social aspects History 17th century. Disasters History 17th century. Historia moderna Siglo XVII 1282 Historia universal 735 Siglo XVII Historia militar 17610 Siglo XVII Guerra civil 9204 Historia Siglo XVII 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 0 0 lcc 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2021-09-14 0 D 247 P239g 2017 00000142752 2021-09-13 00:00:00 1 2023-04-11 BK