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• Short-listed for PROSE Award for Excellence in Humanities 2023 (UK)

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For the first edition: A superb work of historical and scientific synthesis. Lieberman and Gordon show how fruitful collaborative efforts between scientists and humanists can be. * Frank Zelko, Associate Professor of History, University of Vermont, USA * Climate Change in Human History demonstrates just how fundamentally a changing climate has worked its way through into the pores of the historical record. This impressive and vastly important volume lays out, in an accessible and stimulating way, a comprehensive narrative from human origins to what may become our anthropogenic twilight. Essential reading not just for historians but students of all disciplines! * Mark Levene, Reader in History at the University of Southampton, UK * Climate Change in Human History offers the first concise overview of climate change and human affairs, past and present, suitable for an introductory undergraduate course. The authors manage to cover an admirable range of serious climate history research and give appropriate context for arguments about the role of climate and weather in migrations, conflicts, cultures, and economies. * Sam White, Associate Professor of History, Ohio State University, USA * They say that those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. When it comes to climate change, understanding the impact of past climate changes on human civilization is critical to assessing the unprecedented threat we face with human-caused climate change. Now updated to include key movements and events since 2017, there is no better treatment of the topic than Climate Change in Human History. It is a must-read for anyone seeking greater knowledge of climate history and what it can teach us. * Michael E. Mann, Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science, Penn State University, USA *

A superb work of historical and scientific synthesis. Lieberman and Gordon show how fruitful collaborative efforts between scientists and humanists can be. * Frank Zelko, Associate Professor of History, University of Hawaii, USA * Climate Change in Human History demonstrates just how fundamentally a changing climate has worked its way through into the pores of the historical record. This impressive and vastly important volume lays out, in an accessible and stimulating way, a comprehensive narrative from human origins to what may become our anthropogenic twilight. Essential reading not just for historians but students of all disciplines! * Mark Levene, Emeritus Fellow, History, University of Southampton, UK * They say that those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. When it comes to climate change, understanding the impact of past climate changes on human civilization is critical to assessing the unprecedented threat we face with human-caused climate change. Now updated to include key movements and events since 2017, there is no better treatment of the topic than Climate Change in Human History. It is a must-read for anyone seeking greater knowledge of climate history and what it can teach us. * Michael E. Mann, Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science, Penn State University, USA * Climate Change and Human History remains easily the best introduction to this topic for students. Each chapter combines up-to-date climate science and apt historical interpretation with a global scope. The new edition brings the story up to the present, with a concise explanation of climate change impacts, adaptations, and policies. I recommend it to anyone seeking historical perspectives on our current crisis. * Sam White, Associate Professor of History, Ohio State University, USA *

For the first edition: A superb work of historical and scientific synthesis. Lieberman and Gordon show how fruitful collaborative efforts between scientists and humanists can be. * Frank Zelko, Associate Professor of History, University of Vermont, USA * Climate Change in Human History demonstrates just how fundamentally a changing climate has worked its way through into the pores of the historical record. This impressive and vastly important volume lays out, in an accessible and stimulating way, a comprehensive narrative from human origins to what may become our anthropogenic twilight. Essential reading not just for historians but students of all disciplines! * Mark Levene, Emeritus Fellow, History, University of Southampton, UK * Climate Change in Human History offers the first concise overview of climate change and human affairs, past and present, suitable for an introductory undergraduate course. The authors manage to cover an admirable range of serious climate history research and give appropriate context for arguments about the role of climate and weather in migrations, conflicts, cultures, and economies. * Sam White, Associate Professor of History, Ohio State University, USA * They say that those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. When it comes to climate change, understanding the impact of past climate changes on human civilization is critical to assessing the unprecedented threat we face with human-caused climate change. Now updated to include key movements and events since 2017, there is no better treatment of the topic than Climate Change in Human History. It is a must-read for anyone seeking greater knowledge of climate history and what it can teach us. * Michael E. Mann, Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science, Penn State University, USA *

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Benjamin Lieberman is Professor of History at Fitchburg State University, USA. He is the author of Terrible Fate: Ethnic Cleansing in the Making of Modern Europe (2013) and The Holocaust and Genocides in Europe (2013). Elizabeth Gordon is Professor of Geoscience at Fitchburg State University, USA.

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