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Sea of storms : a history of hurricanes in the greater Caribbean from Columbus to Katrina

Title
Sea of storms : a history of hurricanes in the greater Caribbean from Columbus to Katrina / Stuart B. Schwartz.
Author
Schwartz, Stuart B.
Publication
  • Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2015]
  • ©2015

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Description
xxvii, 439 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm.
Series Statement
Lawrence Stone lectures
Uniform Title
Lawrence Stone lectures.
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-425) and index.
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.
Call Number
JSE 15-103
ISBN
  • 9780691157566
  • 0691157561
LCCN
2014950430
OCLC
877364369
Author
Schwartz, Stuart B., author.
Title
Sea of storms : a history of hurricanes in the greater Caribbean from Columbus to Katrina / Stuart B. Schwartz.
Publisher
Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2015]
Copyright Date
©2015
Type of Content
text
still image
cartographic image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Lawrence Stone lectures
Lawrence Stone lectures.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-425) and index.
Research Call Number
JSE 15-103
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