Browse Items (1 total) Tags: hurricanes Browse All Browse by Tag Search Items Sort by: Title Creator Date Added Hurricanes and Society in the British Greater Caribbean, 1624-1783 This text surveys the British Caribbean from 1624 through the calamitous hurricane season of 1780. Mulcahy examines the various natural hazards that the region was prone to, including food shortages and disease, but focuses his attention on… Tags: 18th century, Atlantic, colonialism, hurricanes, natural disasters, upheavals Featured Item No featured items are available.