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Conscripts of modernity : the tragedy of colonial enlightenment / David Scott.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Scott, David, 1958-
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- James, C. L. R. (Cyril Lionel Robert), 1901-1989. Black Jacobins.
- James, C. L. R.
- Toussaint Louverture, 1743-1803.
- Toussaint Louverture.
- Postcolonialism--History.
- Postcolonialism.
- Historiography.
- History--Philosophy.
- History.
- History--Periodization.
- Literature and history.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (291 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Uses C.L.R. James'sThe Black Jacobins as a jumping-off point for a reconsideration of colonial and postcolonial concepts of history, politics, and agency.
- Contents:
- Futures past
- Romanticism and the longing for anticolonial revolution
- Conscripts of modernity
- Toussaint's tragic dilemma
- The tragedy of colonial enlightenment.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 12. Dez 2020)
- ISBN:
- 9780822386186
- 0822386186
- OCLC:
- 191855672
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