Climate and catastrophe in Cuba and the Atlantic world in the age of revolution / Sherry Johnson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Sherry, 1949-

Series:

Envisioning Cuba

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social conditions.

Politics and government.

Social change.

History.

Disasters.

Climatic extremes.

Social aspects.

Climatology.

Cuba--Climate--History--18th century.

Cuba.

Climatic extremes--Social aspects--Cuba--History--18th century.

Climatic extremes--Political aspects--Cuba--History--18th century.

Disasters--Cuba--History--18th century.

Social change--Cuba--History--18th century.

Cuba--Politics and government--18th century.

Cuba--Social conditions--18th century.

Cuba--History--To 1810.

Caribbean Area--History--To 1810.

Caribbean Area.

Latin America--History--To 1830.

Latin America.

Physical Description:

xiii, 306 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2011]

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780807834930

0807834939

OCLC:

711043281