Haitian history : new perspectives / edited by Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sepinwall, Alyssa Goldstein, 1970-

Series:

Rewriting histories

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History.

Historiography.

Haiti--History.

Haiti.

Haiti--Historiography.

Haiti--History--Revolution, 1791-1804--Historiography.

Haiti--History--Historiography.

Physical Description:

x, 335 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2013.

Summary:

Despite Haiti's proximity to the United States, and its considerable importance to our own history, Haiti barely registered-in the historic consciousness of most Americans until recently. Those who struggled to understand Haiti's suffering in the earthquake of 2010 often spoke of it as the poorest country in the Western hemisphere, but could not explain how it came to be so. In recent years, the amount of scholarship about the island has increased dramatically. Whereas once this scholarship was focused on Haiti's political or military leaders, now the historiography of Haiti features lively debates and different schools of thought. Even as this body of knowledge has developed, it has been hard for students to grasp its various strands. Haitian History presents the best of the recent articles on Haitian history, by both Haitian and foreign scholars, moving from colonial Saint Domingue to the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake. It will be the go-to one-volume introduction to the field of Haitian history, helping to explain how the promise of the Haitian Revolution dissipated, and presenting the major debates and questions in the field today. Book jacket.

Contents:

Section I From Saint-Domingue to Haiti 13

1 An Unthinkable History: The Haitian Revolution as a Non-Event / Michel-Rolph Trouillot Trouillot, Michel-Rolph 33

2 Slave Resistance (from The Making of Haiti: The Saint Domingue Revolution Front Below) / Carolyn E. Fick Fick, Carolyn E. 55

3 Saint-Domingue on the Eve of the Haitian Revolution / David P. Geggus Geggus, David P. 72

4 "I am the Subject of the King of Congo": African Political Ideology and the Haitian Revolution / John K. Thornton Thornton, John K. 89

Section II Independent Haiti in a Hostile World: Haiti in the Nineteenth Century 103

5 The Politics of "French Negroes" in the United States / Ashli White White, Ashli 123

6 Talk About Haiti: The Archive and the Atlantic's Haitian Revolution / Ada Ferrer Ferrer, Ada 139

7 Sword-Bearing Citizens: Militarism and Manhood in Nineteenth-Century Haiti / Mimi Sheller Sheller, Mimi 157

8 Rural Protest and Peasant Revolt, 1804-1869 / David Nicholls Nicholls, David 180

9 "The Black Republic": The Influence of the Haitian Revolution on Northern Black Political Consciousness, 1816-1862 / Leslie M. Alexander Alexander, Leslie M. 197

Section III From the Occupation to the Earthquake: Haiti in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries 215

10 Under the Gun (from Haiti and the United States: The Psychological Moment) / Brenda Gayle Plummer Plummer, Brenda Gayle 241

11 VIVE 1804! The Haitian Revolution and the Revolutionary Generation of 1946 / Matthew J. Smith Smith, Matthew J. 256

12 Dynastic Dictatorship: The Duvalier Years, 1957-1986 / Patrick Bellegarde-Smith Bellegarde-Smith, Patrick 273

13 The Water Refugees (from AIDS and Accusation: Haiti and the Geography of Blame) / Paul Farmer Farmer, Paul 285

14 The Rise, Fall, and Second Coming of Jean-Bertrand Aristide / Robert Fatton Jr. Fatton, Robert, Jr. 294

15 Eternity Lasted Less Than Sixty Seconds... / Évelyne Trouillot Trouillot, Évelyne 312.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0415808685

9780415808675

0415808677

9780415808682

OCLC:

754733419

Publisher Number:

99950595005