Johonson, Sherry. 1949 creator text bibliography ncu Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Press c2011 2011 monographic eng

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xiii, 306 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. 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. 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. Sherry Johnson. Includes bibliographical references and index. nwcu--- cc----- cl----- Climatic extremes Social aspects Cuba History 18th century Climatic extremes Political aspects Cuba History 18th century Extremos Climáticos Aspectos Políticos Cuba Disasters Cuba History 18th century Desastres Cuba Historia Social change Cuba History 18th century Cambio social Cuba Historia 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 QC 987 J73c 2011 363.34/9209729109033 9780807834930 (cloth : alk. paper) 0807834939 (cloth : alk. paper) 2011033282 DLC 110816 20231013134222.0 16922414