Winds of Change: Hurricanes and the Transformation of Nineteenth-Century Cuba

by Louis A. Pérez Jr.

Book Overview

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 history.

Always vulnerable to hurricanes, Cuba was ravaged in 1842, 1844, and 1846 by three catastrophic storms, with staggering losses of life and property. Louis Perez combines eyewitness and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807849286
• ISBN13: 9780807849286
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"