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Hurricanes created unique challenges for the colonists in the British Greater Caribbean during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. These storms were entirely new to European settlers and quickly became the most feared part of their physical environment, destroying staple crops and provisions, leveling plantations and towns, disrupting shipping and trade, and resulting in major economic losses for planters and widespread privation for slaves. In this study, Matthew Mulcahy examines how colonists made sense of hurricanes, how they recovered from them, and the role of the storms in shaping the development of the region's colonial settlements. "Hurricanes and Society in the British Greater Caribbean, 1624-1783" provides a useful new perspective on several topics including colonial science, the plantation economy, slavery, and public and private charity. By integrating the West Indies into the larger story of British Atlantic colonization, Mulcahy's work contributes to early American history, Atlantic history, environmental history, and the growing field of disaster studies.

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Book category Books in English Humanities History Regional & national history

• Full title: Hurricanes and Society in the British Greater Caribbean, 1624-1783
• Author: Matthew Mulcahy
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 272
• EAN: 9780801882234
• ID: 04709597
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Weight: 481 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 22 mm
• Date of publishing: 22. November 2005

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