Sasha Turner writes: "The age of exploration and expansion during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries ushered in views of the Caribbean as a wild and savage paradise whose natural fecundity allowed it to bear fruit without much labor, and whose fruitfulness was ripe for picking. Imbued with theories of the Enlightenment, the seventeenth and eighteenth … Continue reading BLOGROLL: Turner on Calculating the Cost of Hurricanes in the Caribbean for @AAIHS