| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 257 pages) : illustrations, map |
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Early America |
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Early America.
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| Contents |
Encountering hurricanes -- "A conspiracy of the winds" -- Weathering the storms -- Chaotic and scarce times -- Building for disaster -- Sympathy in distress -- The politics of public relief |
| Summary |
"During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, hurricanes posed unique challenges for the colonists in the British Greater Caribbean." "In this pathbreaking study, Matthew Mulcahy examines how colonists made sense of hurricanes, how they recovered from them, and the role of the storms in shaping the development of the region's colonial settlements. Hurricanes and Society in the British Greater Caribbean, 1624-1783 provides a useful new perspective on topics that include colonial science, the plantation economy, slavery, and public and private charity."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-249) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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Human beings -- Effect of environment on -- West Indies, British -- History
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Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- West Indies, British -- History
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Hurricanes -- West Indies, British -- History -- 18th century
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Human beings -- Effect of environment on
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Hurricanes
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Nature -- Effect of human beings on
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Politics and government
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Social conditions
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Hurrikan
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Gesellschaft
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West Indies, British -- Social conditions -- 18th century
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West Indies, British -- Politics and government -- 18th century
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West Indies, British -- Politics and government -- History -- 18th century
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West Indies -- British West Indies
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Westindische Assoziierte Staaten
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2005000736 |
| ISBN |
9780801898976 |
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0801898978 |
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9780801890796 |
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0801890799 |
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0801882230 |
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9780801882234 |
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