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Hurricanes and society in the British Greater Caribbean, 1624-1783 / Matthew Mulcahy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mulcahy, Matthew, 1968- author.
- Series:
- Early America.
- Early America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human beings--Effect of environment on--West Indies, British--History.
- Human beings.
- Nature--Effect of human beings on--West Indies, British--History.
- Nature.
- Hurricanes--West Indies, British--History--18th century.
- Hurricanes.
- West Indies, British--Social conditions--18th century.
- West Indies, British.
- West Indies, British--Politics and government--18th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (270 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- By integrating the West Indies into the larger story of British Atlantic colonization, Mulcahy's work contributes to early American history, Atlantic history, environmental history, and the growing field of disaster studies.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Melancholy and Fatal Calamities
- 1 Encountering Hurricanes
- 2 "A Conspiracy of the Winds"
- 3 Weathering the Storms
- 4 Chaotic and Scarce Times
- 5 Building for Disaster
- 6 Sympathy in Distress
- 7 The Politics of Public Relief
- Conclusion: Beyond 1783
- Appendix
- Notes
- Essay on Sources
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [243]- 249) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8018-9897-8
- OCLC:
- 607618964
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