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Mar de tormentas
En este estudio panorámico de historia social y ambiental, Stuart B. Schwartz examina la respuesta política, espiritual y tecnológica de las islas y continentes del Gran Caribe a los peligros de los huracanes durante los últimos cinco siglos. Mar de tormentas revela cómo han influido estas terribles tormentas en la historia de la región, desde el surgimiento de las plantaciones a la esclavitud, la abolición, las migraciones, los conflictos raciales y las dictaduras, revoluciones y guerras. Provee una historia transnacional del Gran Caribe y una discusión de los debates actuales sobre el cambio climático visto a través de la historia de los huracanes desde Cristóbal Colón hasta el desastre de María.
488 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2018
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Stuart B. Schwartz
93 books10 followersStuart B. Schwartz is Professor of History at Yale University and the former Master of Ezra Stiles College.
He studied at Middlebury College, where he received his undergraduate degree, and the Universidad Autonoma de Mexico. He then went on to study Latin American History at Columbia University where he received his Ph.D. (1968).
He is one of the leading specialists on the History of colonial Latin America, especially Brazil and on the history of Early Modern expansion.
He studied at Middlebury College, where he received his undergraduate degree, and the Universidad Autonoma de Mexico. He then went on to study Latin American History at Columbia University where he received his Ph.D. (1968).
He is one of the leading specialists on the History of colonial Latin America, especially Brazil and on the history of Early Modern expansion.
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