Description
A global history of the 1815 Tambora eruption, the climate changes it brought, and their impact on societies, culture, and science. Includes chapters on the experiences of famines in Bengal, Yunnan, and Ireland, and reactions by writers in America and Europe to the exceptional seasons of 1816.
Creator
Wood, Gillen D’Arcy
Publisher
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2014.
Contributor
White, Sam
Language
English
Type
Book