Climate and catastrophe in Cuba and the Atlantic world in the age of revolution /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
Sherry Johnson
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Chapel Hill :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
University of North Carolina Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c2011
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xiii, 306 p. :
Other Physical Details
ill., maps ;
Dimensions
25 cm
SERIES
Series Title
Envisioning Cuba
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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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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TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Climatic extremes-- Political aspects-- Cuba-- History-- 18th century
Climatic extremes-- Social aspects-- Cuba-- History-- 18th century