Sea of Storms
A History of Hurricanes in the Greater Caribbean from Columbus to Katrina
1st Edition
Published on 28. July 2015
472 pages
978-1-4008-5208-6 (ISBN)
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Pilot project. eBook available to selected US libraries only
Language
English
Place of publication
Princeton, NJ
United States
Publishing group
De Gruyter
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Digital original
File size
3,42 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4008-5208-6 (9781400852086)
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Sea of Storms
A History of Hurricanes in the Greater Caribbean from Columbus to Katrina
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Sea of Storms
A History of Hurricanes in the Greater Caribbean from Columbus to Katrina
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Person
Stuart B. Schwartz is the George Burton Adams Professor of History and chair of the Council on Latin American and Iberian Studies at Yale University. His many books include All Can Be Saved: Religious Tolerance and Salvation in the Iberian Atlantic World.
Content
- Cover
- SEA OF STORMS
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- 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
