TY  - BOOK
AU  - Johonson,Sherry
TI  - Climate and catastrophe in Cuba and the Atlantic world in the age of revolution
T2  - Envisioning Cuba
SN  - 9780807834930 (cloth : alk. paper)
AV  - QC 987 J73c 2011
U1  - 363.34/9209729109033 23
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Chapel Hill
PB  - University of North Carolina Press
KW  - Climatic extremes
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Cuba
KW  - History
KW  - 18th century
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Extremos Climáticos
KW  - Aspectos Políticos
KW  - Disasters
KW  - Desastres
KW  - Historia
KW  - Social change
KW  - Cambio social
KW  - Climate
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - To 1810
KW  - Caribbean Area
KW  - Latin America
KW  - To 1830
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -