Drought and the human story braving the bull of heaven

Heathcote, R L

Drought and the human story braving the bull of heaven - England Ashgate 2012 - xvi,296p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Drought in World History -- Defining Drought -- Documenting Drought -- The Causes of Drought -- The Scope of Drought Impacts -- Society at Bay? Managing the Droughts -- Drought as a Technological Hazard? The Mitigation Strategies of the Industrialized Countries in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries -- Drought Reporting and Drought Relief as Moral Hazards? -- Drought in World Literature, Art, Philosophy and Community -- The Scientists and Drought -- The Coming Droughts.

9781409405016


Droughts--History.
Droughts--Social aspects--History.
Human ecology--History.
World history.

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