Johonson, Sherry.   1949,  <br/><br/>
Climate and catastrophe in Cuba and the Atlantic world in the age of revolution / 
Sherry Johnson. 
 - Chapel Hill :  University of North Carolina Press,  c2011. 
 - xiii, 306 p. :  ill., maps ;  25 cm. 
 - Envisioning Cuba .
 - Envisioning Cuba. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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 history, and Cuban and American colonial history, Sherry Johnson innovatively integrates the region's experience with. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780807834930 (cloth : alk. paper) 0807834939 (cloth : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011033282 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>015972207  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Climatic extremes--Social aspects--History--Cuba--18th century.<br/>Climatic extremes--Political aspects--History--Cuba--18th century.<br/>Extremos Climáticos--Aspectos Políticos --Cuba<br/>Disasters--History--Cuba--18th century.<br/>Desastres --Historia--Cuba<br/>Social change--History--Cuba--18th century.<br/>Cambio social--Historia--Cuba 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Cuba--Climate--History--18th century.<br/>Cuba--Politics and government--18th century.<br/>Cuba--Social conditions--18th century.<br/>Cuba--History--To 1810.<br/>Caribbean Area--History--To 1810.<br/>Latin America--History--To 1830.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QC 987  / J73c 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>363.34/9209729109033