Sea of Storms : : A History of Hurricanes in the Greater Caribbean from Columbus to Katrina / / Stuart B. Schwartz.
The diverse cultures of the Caribbean have been shaped as much by hurricanes as they have by diplomacy, commerce, or the legacy of colonial rule. In this panoramic work of social history, Stuart Schwartz examines how Caribbean societies have responded to the dangers of hurricanes, and how these dest...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015] ©2016 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Edition: | Pilot project. eBook available to selected US libraries only |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Lawrence Stone Lectures ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (472 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. Storms and Gods in a Spanish Sea
- Chapter 2. Melancholy Occasions: Hurricanes in a Colonial World
- Chapter 3. War, Reform, and Disaster
- Chapter 4. Calamity, Slavery, Community, and Revolution
- Chapter 5. Freedom, Sovereignty, and Disasters
- Chapter 6. Nature and Politics at the Century's Turn
- Chapter 7. Memories of Disaster in a Decade of Storms
- Chapter 8. Public Storms, Communal Action, and Private Grief
- Chapter 9. Ancient Storms in a New Century
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Bibliography of Works Consulted
- Index
- Backmatter