LEADER 03658nam 2200757 a 450 001 9910781596003321 005 20231206221142.0 010 $a979-88-908404-1-7 010 $a1-4696-0262-8 010 $a0-8078-6934-1 035 $a(CKB)2550000000064031 035 $a(EBL)819534 035 $a(OCoLC)768082789 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000565256 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11353226 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000565256 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10527638 035 $a(PQKB)11737132 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000245750 035 $a(OCoLC)774282710 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse23435 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL819534 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10513596 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC819534 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4321988 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000064031 100 $a20110816d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aClimate and catastrophe in Cuba and the Atlantic world in the age of revolution$b[electronic resource] /$fSherry Johnson 210 $aChapel Hill $cUniversity of North Carolina Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (324 p.) 225 1 $aEnvisioning Cuba 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4696-1889-3 311 $a0-8078-3493-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCursed 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. 330 $aFrom 1750 to 1800, a critical period that saw the American Revolution, French Revolution, and Haitian Revolution, the Atlantic world experienced a series of environmental crises, including more frequent and severe hurricanes and extended drought. Drawing on historical climatology, environmental history, and Cuban and American colonial history, Sherry Johnson innovatively integrates the region's experience with extreme weather events and patterns into the history of the Spanish Caribbean and the Atlantic world.By superimposing this history of natural disasters over the conventional time 410 0$aEnvisioning Cuba. 606 $aClimatic extremes$xSocial aspects$zCuba$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aClimatic extremes$xPolitical aspects$zCuba$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aDisasters$zCuba$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aSocial change$zCuba$xHistory$y18th century 607 $aCuba$xClimate$xHistory$y18th century 607 $aCuba$xPolitics and government$y18th century 607 $aCuba$xSocial conditions$y18th century 607 $aCuba$xHistory$yTo 1810 607 $aCaribbean Area$xHistory$yTo 1810 607 $aLatin America$xHistory$yTo 1830 615 0$aClimatic extremes$xSocial aspects$xHistory 615 0$aClimatic extremes$xPolitical aspects$xHistory 615 0$aDisasters$xHistory 615 0$aSocial change$xHistory 676 $a363.34/9209729109033 700 $aJohnson$b Sherry$f1949-$01517019 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781596003321 996 $aClimate and catastrophe in Cuba and the Atlantic world in the age of revolution$93753812 997 $aUNINA