Winds of Change: Hurricanes & the Transformation of Nineteenth-century CubaUniv of North Carolina Press, 2001 - 199 páginas The first book to establish hurricanes as a key factor in the development of modern Cuba, Winds of Change shows how these great storms played a decisive role in shaping the economy, the culture, and the nation during a critical century in the island's his |
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... Land Usage by Jurisdiction , 1827 , 1846 , and 1862 106 ILLUSTRATIONS Map of Cuba 2 Taíno images associated with the representation of hurricanes 18 " Entrance to Cafetal " 44 " Coffee Field " 46 " View of Havana from Casa Blanca " ( I ) ...
... Land Usage by Jurisdiction , 1827 , 1846 , and 1862 106 ILLUSTRATIONS Map of Cuba 2 Taíno images associated with the representation of hurricanes 18 " Entrance to Cafetal " 44 " Coffee Field " 46 " View of Havana from Casa Blanca " ( I ) ...
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... Land transportation im- proved , maritime traffic increased , and commerce expanded . The economy developed and diversified in a balanced fashion . Cuban agricultural produc- tion generated vast wealth across the island , bringing on ...
... Land transportation im- proved , maritime traffic increased , and commerce expanded . The economy developed and diversified in a balanced fashion . Cuban agricultural produc- tion generated vast wealth across the island , bringing on ...
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... land ten- ure forms , labor organization , and production systems . No less important , social relationships around which colonial society had developed were reconfigured with lasting consequences . many Virtually every facet of Cuban ...
... land ten- ure forms , labor organization , and production systems . No less important , social relationships around which colonial society had developed were reconfigured with lasting consequences . many Virtually every facet of Cuban ...
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Contenido
1 Where Winds Gather | 14 |
2 Coming into Being | 37 |
3 A Time of Tempests | 57 |
4 When Winds Disturb the Surface | 83 |
5 Bending to the Force of the Wind | 109 |
6 Between the Storms | 139 |
Notes | 157 |
Bibliographical Essay | 187 |
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Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Winds of Change: Hurricanes and the Transformation of Nineteenth-Century Cuba Louis A. Pérez Jr. Vista previa limitada - 2002 |
Winds of Change: Hurricanes & the Transformation of Nineteenth-century Cuba Louis A. Pérez Vista de fragmentos - 2001 |
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1846 hurricane agricultural Alquízar Angerona Antonio arrobas Artemisa barrios cafetal cafetales Camagüey cane Capitanía Cárdenas Caribbean Casas ciclón Cienfuegos coast coffee estates coffee plantations coffee production colonial correspondiente al año countryside Cuadro estadístico Cuba Havana Cuban cultivation damage destroyed destruction devastation Diario disaster Domingo del Monte estragos causados exports extramuro Faro Industrial Fernández Fiel Isla Francisco García Guanajay Guerra y Sánchez Güines harvest Historia de Cuba histórica houses huracán hurricanes of 1844 ibid increased ingenios Isla de Cuba Island of Cuba José Juan jurisdicción La Habana labor land Leopoldo O'Donnell London Madrid Manuel Matanzas Memoria midcentury million nineteenth century Occidente October October 15 octubre percent pesos Pinar del Río planters plants population Quivicán rain Real Sociedad Relación reprint ruin Sagra San Lázaro Sancti-Spíritus Santiago de Cuba September sitios slaves Taíno tion tobacco town trees vegas villa vols Vuelta Abajo winds wrote zones