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9781250042750 English 1250042755 As a result of a volcanic eruption in 1815 in Indonesia, weather patterns were disrupted worldwide for months, producing excessive rain, frost, and snowfall across much of the Northeastern U.S., Canada, and Europe in the summer of 1816. In the U.S., the extraordinary weather produced food shortages, religious revivals, and extensive migration from New England to the Midwest. In Europe, the cold and wet summer led to famine, food riots, and one of the worst typhus epidemics in history. The change in climate deposed rulers, shattered social configurations, and sowed fear in people's minds. It is also likely to have been responsible for the creation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and J.M.W. Turner's fiery sunset paintings. Making use of a wealth of source material and employing a compelling narrative approach, The Year Without Summer examines not only the climate change engendered by the eruption, but also its effects on politics, the economy, the arts, and social structures. It is populated by royal, political, literary, and everyday characters, and the authors skillfully draw the connections between the extraordinary weather and its effects on life everywhere., As a result of a volcanic eruption in Indonesia, weather patterns were disrupted worldwide for months, allowing for excessive rain, frost, and snowfall through much of the North-eastern U.S. and Europe in the summer of 1816. 'The Year Without Summer' examines not only the climate change engendered by this event, but also its effects on politics, the economy, the arts, and social structures., In the tradition of Krakatoa, The World Without Us, and Guns, Germs and Steel comes a sweeping history of the year that became known as 18-hundred-and-froze-to-death. 1816 was a remarkable year - mostly for the fact that there was no summer. As a result of a volcanic eruption in Indonesia, weather patterns were disrupted worldwide for months, allowing for excessive rain, frost, and snowfall through much of the Northeastern U.S. and Europe in the summer of 1816. In the U.S., the extraordinary weather produced food shortages, religious revivals, and extensive migration from New England to the Midwest. In Europe, the cold and wet summer led to famine, food riots, the transformation of stable communities into wandering beggars, and one of the worst typhus epidemics in history. 1816 was the year Frankenstein was written. It was also the year Turner painted his fiery sunsets. All of these things are linked to global climate change - something we are quite aware of now, but that was utterly mysterious to people in the nineteenth century, who concocted all sorts of reasons for such an ungenial season. Making use of a wealth of source material and employing a compelling narrative approach featuring peasants and royalty, politicians, writers, and scientists, The Year Without Summer by William K. Klingaman and Nicholas P. Klingaman examines not only the climate change engendered by this event, but also its effects on politics, the economy, the arts, and social structures., Like Winchesters "Krakatoa, " "The Year Without Summer" reveals a year of dramatic global change long forgotten by history In the tradition of "Krakatoa," "The World Without Us," and "Guns, Germs and Steel "comes a sweeping history of the year that became known as 18-hundred-and-froze-to-death. 1816 was a remarkable year--mostly for the fact that there was no summer. As a result of a volcanic eruption in Indonesia, weather patterns were disrupted worldwide for months, allowing for excessive rain, frost, and snowfall through much of the Northeastern U.S. and Europe in the summer of 1816. In the U.S., the extraordinary weather produced food shortages, religious revivals, and extensive migration from New England to the Midwest. In Europe, the cold and wet summer led to famine, food riots, the transformation of stable communities into wandering beggars, and one of the worst typhus epidemics in history. 1816 was the year "Frankenstein" was written. It was also the year Turner painted his fiery sunsets. All of these things are linked to global climate change--something we are quite aware of now, but that was utterly mysterious to people in the nineteenth century, who concocted all sorts of reasons for such an ungenial season. Making use of a wealth of source material and employing a compelling narrative approach featuring peasants and royalty, politicians, writers, and scientists, "The Year Without Summer" examines not only the climate change engendered by this event, but also its effects on politics, the economy, the arts, and social structures., When Mount Tambora erupted in 1815 in Indonesia, weather patterns were disrupted worldwide for months, allowing for excessive rain, frost, and snowfall through much of the Northeastern United States and Europe in the summer of 1816. In the United States, the extraordinary weather produced food shortages, religious revivals, and extensive migration from New England to the Midwest. In Europe, the cold and wet summer led to famine, food riots, the transformation of stable communities into wandering beggars, and one of the worst typhus epidemics in history. The change in climate deposed rules, shattered social configurations, and sowed fear in people's minds. It is also likely to have been responsible for the creation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and J.M.W. Turner's fiery sunset paintings. Making use of a wealth of source materials and employing a compelling narrative approach, The Year Without Summer examines the climate change engendered by the eruption and effects on politics, the economy, the arts, and social structures. It is populated by royal, political, literary, and everyday characters, and the authors skillfully draw the connections between the extraordinary weather and its effects on life everywhere. This is history at its best-vibrant, engaging, and brining to light and life a little known subject of great interest. Book jacket.
9781250042750 English 1250042755 As a result of a volcanic eruption in 1815 in Indonesia, weather patterns were disrupted worldwide for months, producing excessive rain, frost, and snowfall across much of the Northeastern U.S., Canada, and Europe in the summer of 1816. In the U.S., the extraordinary weather produced food shortages, religious revivals, and extensive migration from New England to the Midwest. In Europe, the cold and wet summer led to famine, food riots, and one of the worst typhus epidemics in history. The change in climate deposed rulers, shattered social configurations, and sowed fear in people's minds. It is also likely to have been responsible for the creation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and J.M.W. Turner's fiery sunset paintings. Making use of a wealth of source material and employing a compelling narrative approach, The Year Without Summer examines not only the climate change engendered by the eruption, but also its effects on politics, the economy, the arts, and social structures. It is populated by royal, political, literary, and everyday characters, and the authors skillfully draw the connections between the extraordinary weather and its effects on life everywhere., As a result of a volcanic eruption in Indonesia, weather patterns were disrupted worldwide for months, allowing for excessive rain, frost, and snowfall through much of the North-eastern U.S. and Europe in the summer of 1816. 'The Year Without Summer' examines not only the climate change engendered by this event, but also its effects on politics, the economy, the arts, and social structures., In the tradition of Krakatoa, The World Without Us, and Guns, Germs and Steel comes a sweeping history of the year that became known as 18-hundred-and-froze-to-death. 1816 was a remarkable year - mostly for the fact that there was no summer. As a result of a volcanic eruption in Indonesia, weather patterns were disrupted worldwide for months, allowing for excessive rain, frost, and snowfall through much of the Northeastern U.S. and Europe in the summer of 1816. In the U.S., the extraordinary weather produced food shortages, religious revivals, and extensive migration from New England to the Midwest. In Europe, the cold and wet summer led to famine, food riots, the transformation of stable communities into wandering beggars, and one of the worst typhus epidemics in history. 1816 was the year Frankenstein was written. It was also the year Turner painted his fiery sunsets. All of these things are linked to global climate change - something we are quite aware of now, but that was utterly mysterious to people in the nineteenth century, who concocted all sorts of reasons for such an ungenial season. Making use of a wealth of source material and employing a compelling narrative approach featuring peasants and royalty, politicians, writers, and scientists, The Year Without Summer by William K. Klingaman and Nicholas P. Klingaman examines not only the climate change engendered by this event, but also its effects on politics, the economy, the arts, and social structures., Like Winchesters "Krakatoa, " "The Year Without Summer" reveals a year of dramatic global change long forgotten by history In the tradition of "Krakatoa," "The World Without Us," and "Guns, Germs and Steel "comes a sweeping history of the year that became known as 18-hundred-and-froze-to-death. 1816 was a remarkable year--mostly for the fact that there was no summer. As a result of a volcanic eruption in Indonesia, weather patterns were disrupted worldwide for months, allowing for excessive rain, frost, and snowfall through much of the Northeastern U.S. and Europe in the summer of 1816. In the U.S., the extraordinary weather produced food shortages, religious revivals, and extensive migration from New England to the Midwest. In Europe, the cold and wet summer led to famine, food riots, the transformation of stable communities into wandering beggars, and one of the worst typhus epidemics in history. 1816 was the year "Frankenstein" was written. It was also the year Turner painted his fiery sunsets. All of these things are linked to global climate change--something we are quite aware of now, but that was utterly mysterious to people in the nineteenth century, who concocted all sorts of reasons for such an ungenial season. Making use of a wealth of source material and employing a compelling narrative approach featuring peasants and royalty, politicians, writers, and scientists, "The Year Without Summer" examines not only the climate change engendered by this event, but also its effects on politics, the economy, the arts, and social structures., When Mount Tambora erupted in 1815 in Indonesia, weather patterns were disrupted worldwide for months, allowing for excessive rain, frost, and snowfall through much of the Northeastern United States and Europe in the summer of 1816. In the United States, the extraordinary weather produced food shortages, religious revivals, and extensive migration from New England to the Midwest. In Europe, the cold and wet summer led to famine, food riots, the transformation of stable communities into wandering beggars, and one of the worst typhus epidemics in history. The change in climate deposed rules, shattered social configurations, and sowed fear in people's minds. It is also likely to have been responsible for the creation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and J.M.W. Turner's fiery sunset paintings. Making use of a wealth of source materials and employing a compelling narrative approach, The Year Without Summer examines the climate change engendered by the eruption and effects on politics, the economy, the arts, and social structures. It is populated by royal, political, literary, and everyday characters, and the authors skillfully draw the connections between the extraordinary weather and its effects on life everywhere. This is history at its best-vibrant, engaging, and brining to light and life a little known subject of great interest. Book jacket.