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enquiry, it might well be the case that 'environmental history has pushed and shoved
its way' into centre stage (Steinberg, 2004, p. 265) and is arguably now more
important than ever before. It is perhaps only through integrated, holistic and, above
all, truly multidisciplinary investigations, however, that it can make a real scholarly
and practical contribution.

NOTE

1. I am using the term here to refer to the broad range of studies of climate's past, involving

the reconstruction of climate variability at a range of timescales as well as the exploration
of the impact of climate change on societies. See Brazdil et al. (2005) for a good outline
of the development of Historical Climatology.

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