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Author Johnson, Sherry, 1949-
Title Climate and catastrophe in Cuba and the Atlantic world in the age of revolution / Sherry Johnson.
Publication Info Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2011.


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 BJL 3rd Floor  QC 987 C8 J6  8 WEEK LOAN  AVAILABLE
 Wilberforce Institute  QC 987 C8 J6  DEPT DECISION  ASK AT DEPT

Descript xiii, 306 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Contents 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.
ISBN 9780807834930 (hbk.)
0807834939 (hbk.)
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Author Johnson, Sherry, 1949-
Series Envisioning Cuba
Subject Climatic extremes -- Social aspects -- Cuba -- History -- 18th century.
Climatic extremes -- Political aspects -- Cuba -- History -- 18th century.
Disasters -- Cuba -- History -- 18th century.
Social change -- Cuba -- History -- 18th century.
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.
Descript xiii, 306 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Contents 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.
ISBN 9780807834930 (hbk.)
0807834939 (hbk.)
Author Johnson, Sherry, 1949-
Series Envisioning Cuba
Subject Climatic extremes -- Social aspects -- Cuba -- History -- 18th century.
Climatic extremes -- Political aspects -- Cuba -- History -- 18th century.
Disasters -- Cuba -- History -- 18th century.
Social change -- Cuba -- History -- 18th century.
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.
LOCATION SHELVED AT LOAN TYPE STATUS
 BJL 3rd Floor  QC 987 C8 J6  8 WEEK LOAN  AVAILABLE
 Wilberforce Institute  QC 987 C8 J6  DEPT DECISION  ASK AT DEPT

Subject Climatic extremes -- Social aspects -- Cuba -- History -- 18th century.
Climatic extremes -- Political aspects -- Cuba -- History -- 18th century.
Disasters -- Cuba -- History -- 18th century.
Social change -- Cuba -- History -- 18th century.
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.
Descript xiii, 306 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Contents 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.
ISBN 9780807834930 (hbk.)
0807834939 (hbk.)

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