03658nam 2200757 a 450 991078159600332120231206221142.0979-88-908404-1-71-4696-0262-80-8078-6934-1(CKB)2550000000064031(EBL)819534(OCoLC)768082789(SSID)ssj0000565256(PQKBManifestationID)11353226(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000565256(PQKBWorkID)10527638(PQKB)11737132(StDuBDS)EDZ0000245750(OCoLC)774282710(MdBmJHUP)muse23435(Au-PeEL)EBL819534(CaPaEBR)ebr10513596(MiAaPQ)EBC819534(MiAaPQ)EBC4321988(EXLCZ)99255000000006403120110816d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrClimate and catastrophe in Cuba and the Atlantic world in the age of revolution[electronic resource] /Sherry JohnsonChapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20111 online resource (324 p.)Envisioning CubaDescription based upon print version of record.1-4696-1889-3 0-8078-3493-9 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.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 extreme weather events and patterns into the history of the Spanish Caribbean and the Atlantic world.By superimposing this history of natural disasters over the conventional timeEnvisioning Cuba.Climatic extremesSocial aspectsCubaHistory18th centuryClimatic extremesPolitical aspectsCubaHistory18th centuryDisastersCubaHistory18th centurySocial changeCubaHistory18th centuryCubaClimateHistory18th centuryCubaPolitics and government18th centuryCubaSocial conditions18th centuryCubaHistoryTo 1810Caribbean AreaHistoryTo 1810Latin AmericaHistoryTo 1830Climatic extremesSocial aspectsHistoryClimatic extremesPolitical aspectsHistoryDisastersHistorySocial changeHistory363.34/9209729109033Johnson Sherry1949-1517019MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781596003321Climate and catastrophe in Cuba and the Atlantic world in the age of revolution3753812UNINA