Title:
Sea of storms : a history of hurricanes in the greater Caribbean from Columbus to Katrina / Stuart B. Schwartz.
Author:
Schwartz, Stuart B., author.
Publication Information:
Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2015]
©2015
Call Number:
QC945 .S4728 2015
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Electronic Access:
Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1512/2014950430-d.htmlTable of contents only http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1512/2014950430-t.html
Contributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1516/2014950430-b.html
ISBN:
9780691157566
Series:
Lawrence Stone lectures
Lawrence Stone lectures.
Physical Description:
xxvii, 439 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Contents:
Storms and gods in a Spanish sea -- Melancholy occasions : hurricanes in a colonial world -- War, reform, and disaster -- Calamity, slavery, community, and revolution -- Freedom, sovereignty, and disasters -- Nature and politics at the century's turn -- Memories of disaster in a decade of storms -- Public storms, communal action, and private grief -- Ancient storms in a new century.
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