Description This text surveys the British Caribbean from 1624 through the calamitous hurricane season of 1780. Mulcahy examines the various natural hazards that the region was prone to, including food shortages and disease, but focuses […]
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Shaky Colonialism: The 1746 Earthquake-Tsunami in Lima, Peru, and Its Long Aftermath
Creator Walker, Charles F. Publisher Durham: Duke University Press, 2008. Contributor Ermus, Cindy Language English Type Book
A Temperate Empire: Making Climate Change in Early America
Description European encountered climates in northern North America that were harsher and more variable than their notions about weather and geography led them to expect. In A Temperate Empire, Anya Zilberstein reveals how colonial conditions […]