Bibliograph

Tambora, the eruption that changed the world, Gillen D'Arcy Wood

Type

Label

Tambora, the eruption that changed the world, Gillen D'Arcy Wood

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [237]-280) and index

Illustrations

mapschartsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Tambora

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Gillen D'Arcy Wood

Sub title

the eruption that changed the world

Summary

"Gillen D'Arcy Wood traces Tambora's full global and historical reach: how the volcano's three-year climate change regime initiated the first worldwide cholera pandemic, expanded opium markets in China, set the stage for Ireland's Great Famine, and plunged the United States into its first economic depression. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein's monster, inspired by Tambora's terrifying storms, embodied the fears and misery of global humanity during this transformative period, the most recent sustained climate crisis the world has faced."--, www.Amazon.com

Table Of Contents

The Pompeii of the East -- The little (volcanic) Ice Age -- "This end of the world weather" -- Blue death in Bengal -- The seven sorrows of Yunnan -- The polar garden -- Ice tsunami in the Alps -- The other Irish famine -- Hard times at Monticello -- Epilogue: Et in extremis ego

Target audience

adult

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