Tambora: The Eruption That Changed the World

Tambora: The Eruption That Changed the World - Paperback

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Tambora: The Eruption That Changed the World - Paperback

Tambora: The Eruption That Changed the World - Paperback

by Wood
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by Wood (Author)

A global history of the climate catastrophe caused by the Tambora eruption

When Indonesia's Mount Tambora erupted in 1815, it unleashed the most destructive wave of extreme weather the world has witnessed in thousands of years. The volcano's massive sulfate dust cloud enveloped the Earth, cooling temperatures and disrupting major weather systems for more than three years. Communities worldwide endured famine, disease, and civil unrest on a catastrophic scale.

Here, Gillen D'Arcy Wood traces Tambora's global and historical reach: how the volcano's three-year climate change regime initiated the first worldwide cholera pandemic, expanded opium markets in China, and plunged the United States into its first economic depression. Bringing the history of this planetary emergency to life, Tambora sheds light on the fragile interdependence of climate and human societies to offer a cautionary tale about the potential tragic impacts of drastic climate change in our own century.

Author Biography

Gillen D'Arcy Wood is the Robert W. Schaefer Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of The Wake of HMS Challenger and Land of Wondrous Cold (both Princeton).

Number of Pages: 320
Dimensions: 0.8 x 8 x 5.25 IN
Publication Date: March 31, 2026
ISBN9780691283999
Author Wood
PublisherPrinceton University Press
GenreHistory and Education
FormatPaperback
PublishedMarch 2026
LanguageENG- English
Pages320
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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