TY - BOOK AU - Johnson,Sherry ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Climate and catastrophe in Cuba and the Atlantic world in the age of revolution T2 - Envisioning Cuba AV - QC987.C8 J64 2011eb U1 - 363.34/9209729109033 23 PY - 2011/// CY - Chapel Hill PB - University of North Carolina Press KW - Climatic extremes KW - Social aspects KW - Cuba KW - History KW - 18th century KW - Political aspects KW - Disasters KW - Social change KW - Climate KW - Politics and government KW - Social conditions KW - To 1810 KW - Caribbean Area KW - Latin America KW - To 1830 KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - 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 UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10513596 ER -