Title: Puerto Rico y la sequía de 1847 /
Authors: Picó, Fernando
Year: 2015
Subjects: Droughts Puerto Rico.; Water consumption Puerto Rico.; Water-supply Puerto Rico.; Puerto Rico Economic conditions; Puerto Rico History
Abstract: This study intends to link the ecological history of Puerto Rico to global phenomena, a connection that historians have sometimes overlooked and that has increasingly become more necessary. Greater awareness of the precariousness of existing ecological balances can encourage efforts to be more responsible for the environment.
Contents: Puerto Rico en los años 1840 -- Las personas en la sequía -- Consecuencias económicas y sociales -- Las autoridades ante la sequía de 1847 -- La sequía en la memoria -- La sequía de 1846-47 en el mundo atlántico -- Fenómeno global con agravantes locales.