02769cam a22005054a 4500 16922414 BJBSDDR 20231013134222.0 ta 110816s2011 ncuab b s001 0 eng 2011033282 015972207 Uk 9780807834930 (cloth : alk. paper) 0807834939 (cloth : alk. paper) (OCoLC)ocn711043281 DLC DLC YDX BTCTA YDXCP BWX UKMGB CDX COO DLC eng pcc nwcu--- cc----- cl----- QC 987 J73c 2011 363.34/9209729109033 23 Johonson, Sherry. 1949, 12362 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 Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. 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. Climatic extremes Social aspects Cuba History 18th century. Climatic extremes Political aspects Cuba History 18th century. Extremos Climáticos Aspectos Políticos Cuba 29637 Disasters Cuba History 18th century. Desastres Cuba Historia 26641 Social change Cuba History 18th century. Cambio social Cuba Historia 1520 Cuba Climate History 18th century. Cuba Politics and government 18th century. Cuba Social conditions 18th century. Cuba History To 1810. Caribbean Area History To 1810. Latin America History To 1830. Envisioning Cuba. lcc BK 114430 114430 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2020-07-29 0 QC 987 J73c 2011 00000140435 2020-07-29 00:00:00 1 2020-07-29 BK