The Little Ice Age : How Climate Made History 1300-1850
The Little Ice Age : How Climate Made History 1300-1850 – Review
This piece contained a equally fascinating collation of glimpses of randomly selected economic, social and agricultural circumstances of the past,as they were possibly related in some degree, to local weather patterns. However, the author ultimately failed to achieve a flow to his efforts and instead produced a repetitious and uneven pace. I am still skeptical especially regarding his initially seeming ability to produce a weather map illustrating high- and low-pressure areas with the ease of today’s hourly televised forecasts. I was too disappointed that he newly elected to write with an appearance of authority while effectively making assumptions that are as yet unsubstantiated by science; such as the overall result of the Industrial Revolution on universal weather patterns. Overall, an interesting but largely abstract book that would be a moral basis for a active classroom debate.