Climate and Catastrophe in Cuba and the Atlantic World in the Age of Revolution

摘要

While historians are often reluctant to attribute any role to climate, this book breaks new ground in its assessment of the significance of climate-related disasters in Cuba and the repercussions they had on nearby French and British colonies in the second part of the eighteenth century. After a presentation of previous scholarship and of the theoretical framework underpinning the book, as well as a discussion of scientific data, the author follows a broadly chronological sequence. She first challenges the traditional interpretation attributing the fall of Havana to the British in 1762 to the ill-prepared Spanish troops and leadership.