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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... Disturb the Surface , 83 Chapter 5 Bending to the Force of the Wind , 109 Chapter 6 Between the Storms , 139 Notes , 157 Bibliographical Essay , 187 Index , 197 TABLES 1.1 Hurricanes in Cuba , 1494-1850 31 2.1 Coffee.
... Disturb the Surface , 83 Chapter 5 Bending to the Force of the Wind , 109 Chapter 6 Between the Storms , 139 Notes , 157 Bibliographical Essay , 187 Index , 197 TABLES 1.1 Hurricanes in Cuba , 1494-1850 31 2.1 Coffee.
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... storm , the strident , frightful whistling . The painful recollection , the overflowing rivers , the horrifying storm causing ruin and desolation never before seen . I carry the memory of the innumerable deaths and sad scenes of ...
... storm , the strident , frightful whistling . The painful recollection , the overflowing rivers , the horrifying storm causing ruin and desolation never before seen . I carry the memory of the innumerable deaths and sad scenes of ...
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... storm that assumed legendary proportions as the " five - day hurricane . " For Havana , the calamity of October 20 , 1926 , was etched into popular memory . Some even remembered the exact hour- 10:45 A.M. — when winds in excess of 150 ...
... storm that assumed legendary proportions as the " five - day hurricane . " For Havana , the calamity of October 20 , 1926 , was etched into popular memory . Some even remembered the exact hour- 10:45 A.M. — when winds in excess of 150 ...
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... storm wave estimated at more than twenty feet high washed the town away , carrying out to sea more than 2,500 of the total 3,000 residents . Havana was besieged again in 1944 , and for hours the capi- tal was buffeted by winds many ...
... storm wave estimated at more than twenty feet high washed the town away , carrying out to sea more than 2,500 of the total 3,000 residents . Havana was besieged again in 1944 , and for hours the capi- tal was buffeted by winds many ...
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... storm by the appearance of " a repulsive sea monster , big as a medium - sized whale with a carapace like a turtle's , a horrible head like a barrel , and two wings . " When such crea- tures came to the surface , Columbus concluded , it ...
... storm by the appearance of " a repulsive sea monster , big as a medium - sized whale with a carapace like a turtle's , a horrible head like a barrel , and two wings . " When such crea- tures came to the surface , Columbus concluded , it ...
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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