Research Catalog

Title

A concise history of the Haitian revolution / Jeremy D. Popkin.

Author

Popkin, Jeremy D., 1948-

Publication

Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.

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Details

Description

202 p. ; ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

• The Haitian Revolution was the only successful slave revolt in world history, and the first time that people of color overthrew a European colonial regime to establish an independent country. This book offers students a concise and clearly written overview of the events of the revolution, from the slave uprising in the French colony of Saint-Domingue in 1791 and the emergence of its remarkable leader, Toussaint Louverture, to the declaration of Haiti's independence in 1804 and the consolidation of the country's independence in the decades that followed.
• Drawing on the latest scholarship in the field as well as on original research, Jeremy Popkin presents a chronological account of the complex historical contexts that produced and shaped the revolution, while paying due attention to important underlying themes. A Concise History of the Haitian Revolution is a valuable resource for those studying independence movements in Latin America, the history of the Atlantic world, the history of the African diaspora, and the age of the American and French revolutions.

Series Statement

Viewpoints = Puntos de vista

Subjects

• History
• Haiti > History > Revolution, 1791-1804

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- A colonial society in a revolutionary era -- The uprisings, 1791-1793 -- Republican emancipation in Saint-Domingue, 1793-1798 -- Toussaint Louverture in power, 1798-1801 -- The struggle for independence, 1802-1806 -- Consolidating independence in a hostile world -- Afterword : the earthquake crisis of 2010 and the Haitian revolution -- Recent scholarship on the Haitian Revolution.

ISBN

• 9781405198202 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 9781405198219 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2011029134

OCLC

742234460

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library