Hurricanes and Society in the British Greater Caribbean, 1624-1783

Name: Hurricanes and Society in the British Greater Caribbean, 1624-1783
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ISBN: 9780801890796

ISBN-10: 0801890799

ISBN-13: 9780801890796

Edition: 2006

Authors: Matthew Mulcahy

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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. In this 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…

Book details

List price: $31.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 8/11/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.56" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English