The Frigid Golden Age

Autorentext

Dagomar Degroot is an Assistant Professor of environmental history at Georgetown University, Washington, DC. He is the co-founder of the Climate History Network, an organization of more than 200 academics in the sciences and humanities.

Klappentext

Explores the resilience of the Dutch Republic in the face of preindustrial climate change during the Little Ice Age.

Zusammenfassung
The first detailed analysis of how climate change influenced the Golden Age of the Dutch Republic, from the middle of the sixteenth century to the early decades of the eighteenth century. For environmental historians, scholars of Dutch history, and anyone interested in climate change.

Inhalt

Introduction: crisis and opportunity in a changing climate; 1. The Little Ice Age; Part I. Commerce and Climate Change: Part I. Preface; 2. Reaching Asia in a stormy, chilly climate; 3. Sailing, floating, riding, and skating through a cooler Europe; Part II. Conflict and Climate Change: Part II. Preface; 4. Cooling, warming, and the wars of independence, 156448; 5. Gales, winds, and Anglo-Dutch antagonism, 1652; Part III. Culture and Climate Change: Part III. Preface; 6. Tracing and painting the Little Ice Age; 7. Texts, technologies, and climate change; Conclusion: lessons from ice and gold; Appendices.