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100 1 a| Fressoz, Jean-Baptiste,e| author.=| ^A1291827;

240 10 a| Révoltes du ciel.l| English=| ^A1469788;

245 10 a| Chaos in the heavens :b| a forgotten history of climate change /c| Jean-Baptiste Fressoz and Fabien Locher ; translated by Gregory Elliott.;

264 1 a| London ;a| New York :b| Verso,c| 2024.;

300 a| ix, 276 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm;

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500 a| "Translation based on the revised French edition of Les révoltes du ciel : une histoire du changement climatique (xve-xxe siècle).";

520 a| "Nothing could seem more contemporary than climate change. Yet, in Chaos in the Heavens, Jean-Baptiste Fressoz and Fabien Locher show that we have been thinking about and debating the consequences of our actions upon the environment for centuries. The subject was raised wherever history accelerated: by the Conquistadors in the New World, by the French revolutionaries of 1789, by the scientists and politicians of the nineteenth century, by the European imperialists in Asia and Africa until the Second World War"--c| Provided by publisher.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| Introduction : ten theses on climate change -- Christopher Columbus's true discovery -- Improving the world? -- The climate of history -- The birth of historical climatology -- An arsenal in the Indian Ocean -- The climate of the revolution -- Climate patriotism -- In the shadow of the volcano -- Should the national forests be sold? -- The crusades of François-Antoine Rauch -- Circular no. 18 : an inquiry into climate change from two -- The power of forests -- The horizon clears -- The enigmas of the climatic past -- Restoring the world, governing empires -- The innocent carbon of the nineteenth century.;

650 0 a| Climatic changesx| History.=| ^A3535;

650 0 a| Ecologyx| History.=| ^A991444;

650 0 a| Global warmingx| History.=| ^A251441;

650 6 a| Réchauffement de la Terre0| (CaQQLa)201-0124689x| Histoire.0| (CaQQLa)201-0378888;

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650 7 a| Ecology.2| fast0| (OCoLC)fst00901476;

650 7 a| Global warming.2| fast0| (OCoLC)fst00943506;

655 7 a| History.2| fast0| (OCoLC)fst01411628;

700 1 a| Locher, Fabien,e| author.=| ^A1470008;

700 1 a| Elliott, Gregory,e| translator.=| ^A221248;

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Chaos in the heavens : a forgotten history of climate change / Jean-Baptiste Fressoz and Fabien Locher ; translated by Gregory Elliott.

Author/creator	Fressoz, Jean-Baptiste author.
Other author	Locher, Fabien, author.
Other author	Elliott, Gregory, translator.
Format	Book
Publication	London ; New York : Verso, 2024.
Description	ix, 276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects	Climatic changes--History. Ecology--History. Global warming--History. Climat--Changements. --Histoire. Réchauffement de la Terre--Histoire.

Uniform title	Révoltes du ciel. English
Contents	Introduction : ten theses on climate change -- Christopher Columbus's true discovery -- Improving the world? -- The climate of history -- The birth of historical climatology -- An arsenal in the Indian Ocean -- The climate of the revolution -- Climate patriotism -- In the shadow of the volcano -- Should the national forests be sold? -- The crusades of François-Antoine Rauch -- Circular no. 18 : an inquiry into climate change from two -- The power of forests -- The horizon clears -- The enigmas of the climatic past -- Restoring the world, governing empires -- The innocent carbon of the nineteenth century.
Abstract	"Nothing could seem more contemporary than climate change. Yet, in Chaos in the Heavens, Jean-Baptiste Fressoz and Fabien Locher show that we have been thinking about and debating the consequences of our actions upon the environment for centuries. The subject was raised wherever history accelerated: by the Conquistadors in the New World, by the French revolutionaries of 1789, by the scientists and politicians of the nineteenth century, by the European imperialists in Asia and Africa until the Second World War"-- Provided by publisher.
General note	"Translation based on the revised French edition of Les révoltes du ciel : une histoire du changement climatique (xve-xxe siècle)."
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other form	Online version: Fressoz, Jean-Baptiste. Révoltes du ciel. English. Chaos in the heavens London ; New York : Verso, 2024 9781839767241
Genre/form	History.
LCCN	2023042118
ISBN	9781839767227 (hardback)
ISBN	1839767227
ISBN	(US EBK)
ISBN	(UK EBK)

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