Sea of storms : a history of hurricanes in the greater Caribbean from Columbus to Katrina /
Schwartz, Stuart B.,author.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-425) and index.
Storms and gods in a Spanish sea -- Melancholy occasions : hurricanes in a colonial world -- War, reform, and disaster -- Calamity, slavery, community, and revolution -- Freedom, sovereignty, and disasters -- Nature and politics at the century's turn -- Memories of disaster in a decade of storms -- Public storms, communal action, and private grief -- Ancient storms in a new century.
Hurricanes
Human beings
Hurricanes