Hurricanes and Society in the British Greater Caribbean, 1624-1783
(Part of the Early America: History, Context, Culture Series and Early America: History, Context, Culture Series)
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Hurricanes created unique challenges for the colonists in the British Greater Caribbean during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. These storms were entirely new to European settlers and quickly became the most feared part of their physical environment, destroying staple crops and provisions, leveling plantations and towns, disrupting shipping and trade, and resulting in major economic losses for planters and widespread privation for slaves...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0801890799
ISBN13:9780801890796
Release Date:August 2008
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Length:272 Pages
Weight:0.95 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
Age Range:22 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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