02406nam a2200457 a 4500 ebr10513596 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 110816s2011 ncua sb 001 0 eng d 2011033282 9780807834930 (cloth alk. paper) 9780807869345 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)774282710 nwcu--- cc----- cl----- QC987.C8 J64 2011eb 363.34/9209729109033 23 Johnson, Sherry, 1949- Climate and catastrophe in Cuba and the Atlantic world in the age of revolution [electronic resource] / Sherry Johnson. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2011. xiii, 306 p. : ill. Envisioning Cuba 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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 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. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. Envisioning Cuba. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10513596 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 117926 117926