Truly one of the best researched books and most interesting I've read. Missing out slightly because the end section is a bit repetitive (which is in itself hundreds of pages) and I don't fully feel the main thesis was proved despite agreeing in principle - I don't think this is the fault of the author but rather other factors! All in all I highly recommend reading this for an excellent summation of (a for real shockingly) global history of the 17th century with a climate subtext. Also the graphs, maps and charts are amazing and I never knew how much I need to see the number of periodicals produced or how much bread was distributed in X region until reading :D