Drought and the human story braving the bull of heaven /
Heathcote, R. L.
Drought and the human story braving the bull of heaven / [electronic resource] : by R.L. Heathcote. - Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, c2012. - xvi, 301 p.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9781409405023 (electronic bk.)
Droughts--History.
Droughts--Social aspects--History.
Human ecology--History.
World history.
Electronic books.
QC929.24 / .H43 2012
363.34/92909
Drought and the human story braving the bull of heaven / [electronic resource] : by R.L. Heathcote. - Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, c2012. - xvi, 301 p.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9781409405023 (electronic bk.)
Droughts--History.
Droughts--Social aspects--History.
Human ecology--History.
World history.
Electronic books.
QC929.24 / .H43 2012
363.34/92909