Climate Change and Human History provides a concise introduction to the relationship between human beings and climate change throughout history. This 2nd edition includes a new chapter on the explosion of social movements, protest groups and key individuals since 2017 and the implications this has had on the history of climate change, an improved introduction to the Anthropocene and extra content on the basic dynamics of the climate system alongside updated historiography. With more case studies, images and individuals throughout the text, the 2nd edition also includes a glossary of terms and further reading to aid students in understanding this interdisciplinary subject.

Glossary
Timeline
Introduction
1. A Fragile Start: Ice Ages
2. The Rise of Farming
3. Complex Societies
4. Climate and Civilizations of the Middle Ages
5. Little Ice Age and Regional Climate Change
6. Humans Take Over: Industrialization and Climate Change
7. The Future is Now: Climate Change and Human Societies in the 21st Century
8. Climate Change and Human Responses: Projections and Controversies
9. Declarations, Rebellions and Marches: The Climate Change Emergency
Bibliography
Index

Benjamin Lieberman is Professor of History at Fitchburg State University, Massachusetts, USA. His research interests include ethnic cleansing and genocide. He is the author of Terrible Fate: Ethnic Cleansing and the Making of Modern Europe (2006).