124th Annual Meeting (January 7-10, 2010): Disasters as Catalysts and Critical Junctures: Case Studies from Jamaica (1692–1722), Cuba (1766 & 1880), and Argentina (1861)

Disasters as Catalysts and Critical Junctures: Case Studies from Jamaica (1692–1722), Cuba (1766 & 1880), and Argentina (1861)

AHA Session 249
Conference on Latin American History 51

Sunday, January 10, 2010: 11:00 AM-1:00 PM

Elizabeth Ballroom H (Hyatt)

Chair:

Lyman L. Johnson, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Papers:

The Rise and Fall—and Rise and Fall Again—of Port Royal, Jamaica
Matthew B. Mulcahy, Loyola College of Maryland

The Twin Disasters in Santiago de Cuba (1766) and San Cristobal (1880), Cuba: Comparing and Contrasting Bourbon Reform to Laissez-Faire Disaster Mitigation
Sherry Johnson, Florida International University

Bitter Wine: The Mendoza Earthquake of 1861 and the Formation of the Argentine State
Quinn P. Dauer, Florida International University

Comment:

Lyman L. Johnson, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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