02301nam 2200565Ia 450 991045533980332120200520144314.00-8078-7565-1(CKB)111056486671314(EBL)413324(OCoLC)70738748(SSID)ssj0000272363(PQKBManifestationID)11204978(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000272363(PQKBWorkID)10322886(PQKB)10796630(MiAaPQ)EBC413324(Au-PeEL)EBL413324(CaPaEBR)ebr10022624(CaONFJC)MIL930911(OCoLC)559270439(EXLCZ)9911105648667131420000908d2001 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWinds of change[electronic resource] hurricanes and the transformation of nineteenth century Cuba /by Louis A. Pérez JrChapel Hill, N.C. University of North Carolina Pressc20011 online resource (209 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8078-4928-6 0-8078-2613-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-185) and index.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; 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.HurricanesEconomic aspectsCubaHistory19th centuryCubaEconomic conditions19th centuryElectronic books.HurricanesEconomic aspectsHistory363.34/922/09729109034Pérez Louis A.1943-845288MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455339803321Winds of change2010948UNINA