Cyclones and earthquakes the Jesuits, prediction, trade, and Spanish dominion in Cuba and the Philippines, 1850-1898 - Anduaga, Aitor (Quezon City Ateneo De Manila Univesity Press, 2017)
1 The Jesuits, the State and Geophysical Sciences in Spain -- The Jesuit restoration -- Missions and education -- Government subsidies for the Jesuits -- The geophysical sciences in peninsular Spain -- The Spanish delay and the Navy's counterpoint -- 2 The Philippines: Crossroads of Interests -- Intertwined interests -- The Meteorological Service of the Philippines -- Tension between Jesuits and mining engineers -- Complicity between Jesuits and telegraphists -- Publications and research fields -- International prestige -- Federico Faura -- 3 Baguios and the Commercial Elite -- Sociology and professional status of donors -- Subscription campaigns -- "To get involved without getting one's fingers burnt" -- Elitist audience of meteorological warnings -- Merchant houses, shipping interests and warnings of baguios -- Business education -- Autonomy and dependence -- 4 Producing Knowledge: Seismology and Earthquake Engineering -- Seismology and the Spanish "oblivion" -- Military fortification engineering -- Military reports on construction and professional promotion -- The Manila earthquakes of 1863 and 1880 -- Mining engineers and seismology -- The aborted Seismological Service in the Philippines -- The Jesuits of Manila and seismology -- Building regulations -- "Endogenous meteorology" -- Cyclonic-seismic affinity and the unity of action -- Cerero and the calculation of resistances -- Local damage, imperial expertise, global knowledge -- 5 Meteorology and Education in Cuba: Tectonic shifting -- An observatory of, and for, the Creole bourgeoisie -- Meteorology within an educational framework -- Andres Poey, France, and positivism -- Poey's dismissal and the Madrid Academy of Sciences -- Two hidden hands -- Jesuits and the "tectonic shifting" in the educational system -- The Belen College Observatory -- A turning point about 1870 -- The Jesuits and the loss of political influence -- Benito Vines -- 6 Other Dimensions of Meteorology in Cuba: Military and Commercial -- Maritime routes and meteorology -- An island with two metropolises: Spain and the US -- Vines and the Spanish Navy -- Creating a meteorological service: the Navy and shipping companies -- The US as a backdrop: Telegraphy and overseas policy -- Meteorological networks and Chambers of Commerce -- Vines and the commercial support -- Emulating Manila -- 7 Producing Knowledge: Cyclone Forecasting through the Study of Clouds -- Spanish maritime administration and legislation -- The structure of the "maritime network" -- Ships' logbooks: functions and value -- Establishing a "cyclonic" maritime network: the war against Morocco -- Ships' logbooks and cloud study -- Virtual network versus formal network -- Poey and cloud study -- From correlativity and periodicity to warning signs -- Vines's Laws of cyclonic circulation and translation -- Vines's influence in the Philippines -- Cognitive discordance between metropolis and colony.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-365) and index.
Keywords: Cyclone forecasting -- Philippines -- History -- 19th century; Cyclone forecasting -- Cuba -- History -- 19th century; Earthquake prediction -- Philippines -- History -- 19th century; Earthquake prediction -- Cuba -- History -- 19th century