Research Catalog

Title

Sea of storms [electronic resource] : a history of hurricanes in the greater Caribbean from Columbus to Katrina / Stuart B. Schwartz.

Author

Schwartz, Stuart B.

Publication

Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2015]

Details

Description

1 online resource (xxvii, 439 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Series Statement

Lawrence Stone lectures

Uniform Title

• Sea of storms (Online)
• Lawrence Stone lectures.

Alternative Title

Sea of storms (Online)

Subject

• Hurricanes > Caribbean Area > History
• Human beings > Effect of environment on > History. > Caribbean Area
• Hurricanes > Social aspects > History. > Caribbean Area
• Caribbean Area > History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-425) and index.

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

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.

LCCN

2014950430

OCLC

ssj0001415163

Author

Schwartz, Stuart B.

Title

Sea of storms [electronic resource] : a history of hurricanes in the greater Caribbean from Columbus to Katrina / Stuart B. Schwartz.

Imprint

Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2015]

Series

Lawrence Stone lectures

Lawrence Stone lectures.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-425) and index.

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

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Available onsite at NYPL