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Climate and Society in Colonial Mexico: A Study in Vulnerability

ISBN: 978-1-444-39933-2

July 2011

Wiley-Blackwell

248 pages

Description
By considering three case study regions in Mexico during the Colonial era, Climate and Society in Colonial Mexico: A Study in Vulnerability examines the complex interrelationship between climate and society and its contemporary implications.
  • Provides unique insights on climate and society by capitalizing on Mexico’s rich colonial archives
  • Offers a unique approach by combining geographical and historic perspectives in order to comprehend contemporary concerns over climate change
  • Considers three case study regions in Mexico with very different cultural, economic, and environmental characteristics
About the Author
Georgina H. Endfield is a Reader in Environmental History in the School of Geography at the University of Nottingham. She has published papers in a wide variety of journals, including the Annals of the Association of American Geographers and the Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, and is winner of a Philip Leverhulme Prize. She is editor of the journal Environment and History.
Features

  • Provides unique insights on climate and society by capitalizing on Mexico’s rich colonial archives
  • Offers a unique approach by combining geographical and historic perspectives in order to comprehend contemporary concerns over climate change
  • Considers three case study regions in Mexico with very different cultural, economic, and environmental characteristics
  • Offers valuable insights into how different societies articulate knowledge about climate and the environment and how they respond to climatic variability