"Patriots, Royalists, and Terrorists in the West Indies examines the complex revolutionary struggle in Martinique and Guadeloupe from 1789 to 1802. The arrival of tricolor cockades - a badge symbol of the French Revolution - and news from Paris in 1789 undermined the royal gover…
This book provides a history of the French Revolution in Martinique and Guadeloupe from 1789 to 1802. Examining political conflict between white factions, as well as economic, social, and racial tensions, it argues that metropolitan news, ideas, language, and political culture p…
I. From Marx... -- The problem of social form in Eric Williams's Capitalism and slavery -- Reading capital in the Caribbean: Marx and the nature of capitalist slavery -- II. ...To Black Jacobinism -- The reinvention of social form: the necessity of revolution in C. L. R. James's…
"This book draws together Marxist analysis with the critiques of the leaders of Haiti's slave revolt"--
"This book draws together Marxist analysis with the critiques of the leaders of Haiti's slave revolt"--
The Invisible War attempts to redress a fundamental misconception lodged in the heart of American historiography: the notion that there was no significant collective resistance to or struggle against slavery by captured Africans who had been forcibly immigrated to the United Sta…
Stirring the Pot of Haitian History is the first-ever translation of Ti difé boulé sou istoua Ayiti (1977), the earliest book written by Haitian anthropologist Michel-Rolph Trouillot. Challenging understanding of two centuries of Haitian history, Trouillot analyzes the pivotal r…
"Stirring the Pot of Haitian History is the first-ever translation of Ti difé boulé sou istoua Ayiti (1977), the earliest book written by Haitian anthropologist Michel-Rolph Trouillot. Challenging understanding of two centuries of Haitian history, Trouillot analyzes the pivotal…
"Stirring the Pot of Haitian History is the first-ever translation of Ti dife boule sou istoua Ayiti (1977), the earliest book written by Haitian anthropologist Michel-Rolph Trouillot. Challenging understandings of two centuries of Haitian history, Trouillot analyzes the pivotal…
"Par son ouvrage, Lawoetey-Pierre Ajavon souhaite aider à mieux comprendre les luttes antiesclavagistes menées par les Africains déportés dans les Amériques des plantations. Pour ce faire, il s'appuie sur quatre exemples emblématiques de ces luttes : l'insurrection haïtienne au …
"Par son ouvrage, Lawoetey-Pierre Ajavon souhaite aider à mieux comprendre les luttes antiesclavagistes menées par les Africains déportés dans les Amériques des plantations. Pour ce faire, il s'appuie sur quatre exemples emblématiques de ces luttes : l'insurrection haïtienne au …
Lawoetey-Pierre Ajavon souhaite aider à mieux comprendre les luttes anti-esclavagistes menées par les Africains déportés dans les Amériques des plantations. Il s'appuie sur quatre exemples de ces luttes : l'insurrection haïtienne au Bois-Caïman, le marronnage des Bushinengue dan…
Kerry Walters examines representative revolts and offers narratives, primary materials, chronologies and biographies of participants for high school and undergraduate students. Walters offers information on a compelling topic that will be of interest to students of American hist…
