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OverviewThe evidence for the Little Ice Age, the most important fluctuation in global climate in historical times, is most dramatically represented by the advance of mountain glaciers in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and their retreat since about 1850. The effects on the landscape and the daily life of people have been particularly apparent in Norway and the Alps. This major book places an extensive body of material relating to Europe, in the form of documentary evidence of the history of the glaciers, their portrayal in paintings and maps, and measurements made by scientists and others, within a global perspective. It shows that the glacial history of mountain regions all over the world displays a similar pattern of climatic events. Furthermore, fluctuations on a comparable scale have occurred at intervals of a millennium or two throughout the last ten thousand years since the ice caps of North America and northwest Europe melted away. This is the first scholarly work devoted to the Little Ice Age, by an author whose research experience of the subject has been extensive. This book includes large numbers of maps, diagrams and photographs, many not published elsewhere, and very full bibliographies. It is a definitive work on the subject, and an excellent focus for the work of economic and social historians as well as glaciologists, climatologists, geographers, and specialists in mountain environment. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jean M. GrovePublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 18.90cm , Height: 3.40cm , Length: 24.60cm Weight: 1.238kg ISBN: 9780415014496ISBN 10: 0415014492 Pages: 524 Publication Date: 28 April 1988 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , General Replaced By: 9780415099486 Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Awaiting stock  Table of ContentsPreface, Acknowledgements, and Stylistic Notes List of Abbreviations Introduction Section I. The Rise and Fall of Labor Unions 1 The Uphill Battle for Unionism from the 1820s to 1932 2 The Origins of the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 3 Stronger Unions, A Weaker National Labor Relations Act 4 Union Victories, Corporate Pushback in the 1960s 5 The Corporate Moderates Reorganize to Defeat Unions, 1969-1985 Section II. How the Corporate Moderates Created Social Insurance Programs, and Later Tried to Undermine Them 6 The Origins of the Social Security Act 7 Revising and Augmenting Social Security, 1937-1973 8 Social Disruption, New Social Benefits, and then Cutbacks 9 The Circuitous Path to the Affordable Care Act, 1974-2010 Section III. The Rise of an International Economic System, 1939-2000 10 The Council on Foreign Relations and World Trade 11 The Grand Area and the Origins of the International Monetary Fund 12 The Grand Area Strategy and the Vietnam War 13 Rebuilding Europe In The Face Of Ultraconservative Resistance, 1945-1967 14 From Turmoil to the World Trade Organization, 1968-2000 15 The Shortcomings of Alternative Theories Archival Sources Consulted References IndexReviewsGrove is well known for her special expertise in glacial history. . . . Grove's book is the first worldwide treatment. In detail, style, wealth of data, and illustrations, it demands description as the basic reference and as a springboard for future research. It is also of special relevance as the scientific community and society at large become increasingly concerned about future climatic changes. . . . Highly recommended for college and university libraries. - Choice In her major analysis of evidence from every glacial region of the world, Jean Grove steers her way . . . with remarkable skill, neither ignoring the inconsistencies nor allowing them to obscure the truth. The result is the most complete and plausible picture yet of the Little Ice Age. . . . There is barely a word or sentence that cannot be understood by any intelligent reader. - New Scientist Jean Grove's book is an authoritative, superbly docuemnted, and excellently written summary of the abundant evidence of climatic change during the last few centuries in the context of broader climatic variations of the last 10,000 years. - Environment Grove is well known for her special expertise in glacial history. . . . Grove's book is the first worldwide treatment. In detail, style, wealth of data, and illustrations, it demands description as the basic reference and as a springboard for future research. It is also of special relevance as the scientific community and society at large become increasingly concerned about future climatic changes. . . . Highly recommended for college and university libraries. <br>- Choice <br> In her major analysis of evidence from every glacial region of the world, Jean Grove steers her way . . . with remarkable skill, neither ignoring the inconsistencies nor allowing them to obscure the truth. The result is the most complete and plausible picture yet of the Little Ice Age. . . . There is barely a word or sentence that cannot be understood by any intelligent reader. <br>- New Scientist <br> Jean Grove's book is an authoritative, superbly docuemnted, and excellently written summary of the abundant evidence of climatic change during the last few centuries in the context of broader climatic variations of the last 10,000 years. <br>- Environment <br> Author InformationG. William Domhoff is the author or co-author of 16 books on the American power structure, four of which appeared on a list of the top-50 best-sellers in sociology from the 1950s through the early 1990s, including his now-classic, Who Rules America? He is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus in Sociology and remains active as a Research Professor and an instructor in senior seminars at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Who Rules America? was published in a revised and updated version in 2013 and has been in print and used in many classrooms for 52 years. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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