Winds of change : hurricanes and the transformation of nineteenth century Cuba
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
eBook, English, ©2001
University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, N.C., ©2001
History
1 online resource (x, 199 pages) : illustrations, maps
9780807875650, 9780807826133, 9780807849286, 0807875651, 0807826138, 0807849286
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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
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011
Full text available: 2001. Available in eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) - North America.