Climate and Catastrophe in Cuba and the Atlantic World in the Age of Revolution /

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From 1750 to 1800, a critical period that saw the American Revolution, French Revolution, and Haitian Revolution, the Atlantic world experienced a series of environmental crises, including more frequent and severe hurricanes, and extended drought. Drawing on historical climatology, environmental his...

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Autor principal: Johnson, Sherry, 1949-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2011.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Social conditions.
Social change
Politics and government.
Disasters
Climatology
HISTORY > Caribbean & West Indies > Cuba.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Disasters & Disaster Relief.
NATURE > Natural Disasters.
Catastrophes > Cuba > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Extrêmes (Meteorologie) > Aspect politique > Cuba > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Extrêmes (Meteorologie) > Aspect social > Cuba > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Social change > Cuba > History > 18th century.
Disasters > Cuba > History > 18th century.
Climatic extremes > Political aspects > Cuba > History > 18th century.
Climatic extremes > Social aspects > Cuba > History > 18th century.
Latin America
Cuba
Caribbean Area
Amerique latine > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1830.
Caraïbes (Region) > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1810.
Cuba > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1810.
Cuba > Conditions sociales > 18e siecle.
Cuba > Climat > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Latin America > History > To 1830.
Caribbean Area > History > To 1810.
Cuba > History > To 1810.
Cuba > Social conditions > 18th century.
Cuba > Politics and government > 18th century.
Cuba > Climate > History > 18th century.
History
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cursed by Nature
  • Be Content with Things at Which Nature Almost Revolted
  • It Appeared as If the World Were Ending
  • The Violence Done to Our Interests
  • In a Common Catastrophe All Men Should Be Brothers
  • The Tomb That Is the Almendares River
  • So Contrary to Sound Policy and Reason
  • Appendix 1: A Chronology of Alternating Periods of Drought and Hurricanes in Cuba and the Greater Caribbean, Juxtaposed with Major Historical "Events," 1749-1800
  • Appendix 2: Sources for the Maps.

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