Blom, P: Nature's Mutiny
(Sprache: Englisch)
A groundbreaking and internationally acclaimed work of environmental history tracing the great climate change of the seventeenth century: the 'Little Ice Age'.By the end of the sixteenth century the temperature had plummeted so drastically that...
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A groundbreaking and internationally acclaimed work of environmental history tracing the great climate change of the seventeenth century: the 'Little Ice Age'.By the end of the sixteenth century the temperature had plummeted so drastically that Mediterranean harbours were covered with ice, birds literally dropped out of the sky, and 'frost fairs' were erected on a frozen Thames - with kiosks, taverns, and even brothels that become a semi-permanent part of the city.Recounting the enduring legacy and sweeping consequences of this 'Little Ice Age', acclaimed historian Philipp Blom reveals that while apocalyptic weather patterns destroyed entire harvests and incited mass migrations, they also gave rise to the growth of European cities, the appearance of early capitalism, and the vigorous stirrings of the Enlightenment. Nature's Mutiny will transform the way we think about climate change in the twenty-first century and beyond.'Lively . . . an eye-catchingly grand thesis' Sunday Times'Provocative . . . lively and intelligent' Literary Review
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Blom, P: Nature's Mutiny “
- Unit - 1: PROLOGUE: Winter Landscape
- Chapter - 1: Life without Money
- Chapter - 2: The Great Experiment
- Unit - 2: "GOD HAS ABANDONED US": Europe, 1570-1600
- Chapter - 3: A Monk on the Run
- Chapter - 4: God's Wind and Waves
- Chapter - 5: Harsh Frosts and Burning Sun
- Chapter - 6: A Time of Confusion and a Fiery Mountain
- Chapter - 7: Pilgrims and Their Hunger
- Chapter - 8: Truth and Wine
- Chapter - 9: Wine in Vienna
- Chapter - 10: The Lights Go Out
- Chapter - 11: Witches and Spoiled Harvests
- Chapter - 12: The Truth in the Stars
- Chapter - 13: Doctor Faustus
- Chapter - 14: Infinite Worlds
- Chapter - 15: The Tower of Books
- Unit - 3: THE AGE OF IRON
- Chapter - 16: Hortus Botanicus
- Chapter - 17: Revolutionary Places
- Chapter - 18: The City Devours Its Children
- Chapter - 19: The Magic of Green Cheese
- Chapter - 20: The Great Transformation
- Chapter - 21: A Picture of the World
- Chapter - 22: Idle Talk and Fabrications
- Chapter - 23: A Warning and a Call to Repent
- Chapter - 24: Tears Too Plentiful to Count
- Chapter - 25: The Revolution of the Barrel of a Musket
- Chapter - 26: Sell More to Strangers
- Chapter - 27: The State as Machine
- Chapter - 28: A Profitable Trade
- Chapter - 29: The Curse of Silver
- Chapter - 30: Officer, Retired
- Chapter - 31: The Subversive Republic of Letters
- Chapter - 32: Germanus incredibilis
- Chapter - 33: Virtue in the Drowning Cell
- Chapter - 34: Leviathan
- Chapter - 35: An Inventory of Morality
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Unit - 4: ON COMETS AND OTHER CELESTIAL LIGHTS Chapter - 36: The Madness of Crowds Chapter - 37: The Antichrist Chapter - 38: The Messiah and the Whore Chapter - 39: The Fair on the Ice Chapter - 40: The Face of Change Chapter - 41: The Price of Change Chapter - 42: Tapissier du roi Chapter - 43: The Public Sphere and the Vices of Bees Chapter - 44: The Floating Reverend Chapter - 45: Songbirds, Wood Lice, and Corals Chapter - 46: Freedom and Luxury Chapter - 47: Inherited Compromises Chapter - 48: New Metaphors Chapter - 49: The Theology of the Market Chapter - 50: The Market and the Fortress
- Unit - 5: EPILOGUE: Supplement to The Fable of the Bees
- Acknowledgements - i: Acknowledgments
- Section - ii: Notes
- Section - iii: Bibliography
- Section - iiii: Illustration Credits
- Index - v: Index
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Autoren-Porträt von Philipp Blom
Philipp Blom was born in 1970 in Hamburg and grew up in Detmold, in Germany. After university studies in Vienna and Oxford, he obtained a D.Phil in Modern History. He started writing at Oxford and published a novel as well as occasional journalism, moving on to London, where he worked as an editor, translator, writer and freelance journalist, contributing to newspapers, magazines and radio programmes in Great Britain, the US, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, the Netherlands, and France.In 2001, Philipp Blom moved to Paris to concentrate on his books. In 2007 he settled in Vienna, where he continues to write nonfiction, such as Nature's Mutiny, as well as fiction, films, and occasional journalism. He presents a cultural discussion programme on Austrian national radio and has lectured on history, philosophy, and cultural history in Europe, the US, and South America. He is married to Veronica Buckley, who is also a writer.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Philipp Blom
- Altersempfehlung: Ab 18 Jahre
- 416 Seiten, Maße: 13,1 x 19,9 cm, Taschenbuch, Englisch
- Verlag: Pan Macmillan
- ISBN-10: 1509890432
- ISBN-13: 9781509890439
- Erscheinungsdatum: 23.01.2020
Sprache:
Englisch
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