Tambora and the year without a summer : how a volcano plunged the world into crisis
Behringer, Wolfgang2019
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Main title:
Tambora and the year without a summer : how a volcano plunged the world into crisis / Wolfgang Behringer ; translated by Pamela Selwyn.
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Imprint:
Medford, MA : Polity Press, 2019
Collation:
vii, 334 pages : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Originally published in German as: Tambora und das Jahr ohne Sommer : wie ein Vulkan die Welt in die Krise stürzte. Based on 3rd German edition (München : C.H. Beck, 2016).Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction : the Tambora crisis -- The year of the explosion : 1815 -- The year without a summer : 1816 -- The year of famine : 1817 -- The turbulent years that followed : 1818-1820 -- The long-range effects of the Tambora crisis -- Epilogue : from meaningless to meaningful crisis -- Abbreviations.
ISBN:
9781509525492
Dewey class:
363.3495
Language:
English
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BRN:
364457
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumaris Library | Adult Non Fiction - Environment | 363.3495 BEH | Available |