Nature as historical protagonist: environment and society in pre-industrial England
This article compares chronologies reconstructed from historical records of prices, wages, grain harvests, and population with corresponding chronologies of growing conditions and climatic variations derived from dendrochronology and Greenland ice-cores. It demonstrates that in pre-industrial, and e...
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ftqueensubelpubl:oai:pure.qub.ac.uk/portal:publications/abf6cec3-9ff9-46ce-ab2c-f8ad56f10025 2024-09-15T18:09:41+00:00 Nature as historical protagonist: environment and society in pre-industrial England Campbell, Bruce M. S. 2010-05 https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/publications/abf6cec3-9ff9-46ce-ab2c-f8ad56f10025 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0289.2009.00492.x http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77950152821&partnerID=8YFLogxK eng eng https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/publications/abf6cec3-9ff9-46ce-ab2c-f8ad56f10025 info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Campbell , B M S 2010 , ' Nature as historical protagonist: environment and society in pre-industrial England ' , Economic History Review , vol. 63 , no. 2 , pp. 281-314 . https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0289.2009.00492.x /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1200/1202 name=History /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2000/2002 name=Economics and Econometrics /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/good_health_and_well_being name=SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being article 2010 ftqueensubelpubl https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0289.2009.00492.x 2024-07-15T23:49:24Z This article compares chronologies reconstructed from historical records of prices, wages, grain harvests, and population with corresponding chronologies of growing conditions and climatic variations derived from dendrochronology and Greenland ice-cores. It demonstrates that in pre-industrial, and especially late medieval, England, short-term environmental shocks and more enduring shifts in environmental conditions (sometimes acting in concert with biological agencies) exercised a powerful influence upon the balance struck between population and available resources via their effects upon the reproduction, health and life expectancy of humans, crops, and livestock. Prevailing socio-economic conditions and institutions, in turn, shaped society's susceptibility to these environmental shocks and shifts. Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland Greenland ice cores Queen's University Belfast Research Portal The Economic History Review 63 2 281 314 |
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This article compares chronologies reconstructed from historical records of prices, wages, grain harvests, and population with corresponding chronologies of growing conditions and climatic variations derived from dendrochronology and Greenland ice-cores. It demonstrates that in pre-industrial, and especially late medieval, England, short-term environmental shocks and more enduring shifts in environmental conditions (sometimes acting in concert with biological agencies) exercised a powerful influence upon the balance struck between population and available resources via their effects upon the reproduction, health and life expectancy of humans, crops, and livestock. Prevailing socio-economic conditions and institutions, in turn, shaped society's susceptibility to these environmental shocks and shifts. |
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Nature as historical protagonist: environment and society in pre-industrial England |
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Nature as historical protagonist: environment and society in pre-industrial England |
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Nature as historical protagonist: environment and society in pre-industrial England |
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Nature as historical protagonist: environment and society in pre-industrial England |
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Nature as historical protagonist: environment and society in pre-industrial England |
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Campbell , B M S 2010 , ' Nature as historical protagonist: environment and society in pre-industrial England ' , Economic History Review , vol. 63 , no. 2 , pp. 281-314 . https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0289.2009.00492.x |
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