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Author Pérez, Louis A., Jr., 1943-

Title Winds of change : hurricanes and the transformation of nineteenth century Cuba / by Louis A. Pérez Jr
Published Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina Press, ©2001

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Description 1 online resource (x, 199 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Where Winds Gather; 2. Coming into Being; 3. A Time of Tempests; 4. When Winds Disturb the Surface; 5. Bending to the Force of the Wind; 6. Between the Storms; Notes; Bibliographical Essay; Index
Summary Hurricanes are a key factor in the development of modern Cuba. This book shows how these great storms - and three in particular (1842, 1844, 1846) - played a decisive role in shaping the economy, the culture, and the island's history. Eyewitness accounts and agricultural/economic data are used
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-185) and index
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Subject Hurricanes -- Economic aspects -- Cuba -- History -- 19th century
NATURE -- Natural Disasters.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Disasters & Disaster Relief.
Economic history
Hurricanes -- Economic aspects
Wirtschaft
Stormen.
Sociaal-economische ontwikkeling.
SUBJECT Cuba -- Economic conditions -- 19th century
Subject Cuba
Kuba
Kuba.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0807875651
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