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Johnson Sherry <1949-> |
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Titolo |
Climate and catastrophe in Cuba and the Atlantic world in the age of revolution / / Sherry Johnson |
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Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2011 |
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979-88-908404-1-7 |
1-4696-0262-8 |
0-8078-6934-1 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (324 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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 |
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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 and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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