Synopsis
Blom’s hypothesis is forceful, and has the potential to be both frightening and, if you hold it up to the light at just the right angle, a little optimistic. The idea can be put like this: climate change changes everything' John Lanchester, New Yorker
In this innovative and compelling work of environmental history, Philipp Blom chronicles the great climate crisis...
Details
07 March 2019336 pages
9781509890415Imprint: Picador
Reviews
A book that skilfully creates a historical panorama, in such a gripping and thrillingly informative way that it’s a joy.Giessener Allgemeine Zeitung
An exciting history book, and an educational one.Stern
A case study that connects the birth of the modern world with the climate change of the time. A fascinating panorama of a whole era.Freie Presse
An imposing panorama of politics, economics and intellectual history ... [Blom] has written an informative history of the early modern age, which also prompts us to think about the connections between climate and innovation.Deutschlandfunk Andruck
