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- catalog abstract ""Cesar Caviedes provides the first comprehensive historical account of El Nino, the fascinating and disruptive weather phenomenon that has affected weather cycles all over the globe for thousands of years. Combining scientific accuracy with readable presentation, he brings together all existing information, references, and clues about past El Nino occurrences and their impact on political, military, social, economic, and environmental history. This sweeping demonstration of the impact of climatic fluctuation on human history will be fascinating to the scientific community as well as to the general public."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12227976.
- catalog coverage "El Niño Current Environmental aspects.".
- catalog coverage "La Niña Current Environmental aspects.".
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""Cesar Caviedes provides the first comprehensive historical account of El Nino, the fascinating and disruptive weather phenomenon that has affected weather cycles all over the globe for thousands of years. Combining scientific accuracy with readable presentation, he brings together all existing information, references, and clues about past El Nino occurrences and their impact on political, military, social, economic, and environmental history. This sweeping demonstration of the impact of climatic fluctuation on human history will be fascinating to the scientific community as well as to the general public."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Grasping the basic concepts -- Searching for past El Niños -- Tracing early occurrences -- Raging seas of El Niño -- Droughts in the tropics -- Altered states: from El Niño to La Niña -- Imprints of El Niño in world history -- Traces in the misty past -- Where else to look?".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-273) and index.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 279 p., [8] p. of plates :".
- catalog identifier "0813020999 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida,".
- catalog spatial "El Niño Current Environmental aspects.".
- catalog spatial "La Niña Current Environmental aspects.".
- catalog subject "551.6 21".
- catalog subject "GC296.8.E4 C39 2001".
- catalog subject "Weather.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Grasping the basic concepts -- Searching for past El Niños -- Tracing early occurrences -- Raging seas of El Niño -- Droughts in the tropics -- Altered states: from El Niño to La Niña -- Imprints of El Niño in world history -- Traces in the misty past -- Where else to look?".
- catalog title "El Niño in history : storming through the ages / César N. Caviedes.".
- catalog type "text".