El Niño in World History

• Main Authors: Grove, Richard (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Adamson, George (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in World Environmental History
• Subjects: World history.; Climate change.; History.; Social history.; Imperialism.; World History, Global and Transnational History.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.; History of Science.; Climate Change.; Social History.; Imperialism and Colonialism.

This book examines the role of the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) in society. Throughout human history, large or recurrent El Niños could cause significant disruption to societies and in some cases even contribute to political change. Yet it is only now that we are coming to appreciate the si...