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Autore |
Pérez Louis A. <1943-> |
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Titolo |
Winds of change [[electronic resource] ] : hurricanes and the transformation of nineteenth century Cuba / / by Louis A. Pérez Jr |
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Chapel Hill, N.C., : University of North Carolina Press, c2001 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (209 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Hurricanes - Economic aspects - Cuba - History - 19th century |
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Cuba Economic conditions 19th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-185) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Where Winds Gather; 2. Coming into Being; 3. A Time of Tempests; 4. When Winds Disturb the Surface; 5. Bending to the Force of the Wind; 6. Between the Storms; Notes; Bibliographical Essay; Index; |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Hurricanes are a key factor in the development of modern Cuba. This book shows how these great storms - and three in particular (1842, 1844, 1846) - played a decisive role in shaping the economy, the culture, and the island's history. Eyewitness accounts and agricultural/economic data are used. |
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