Alex Dupuy: Rethinking the Haitian Revolution

Cover: 9781442261112 | Rethinking the Haitian Revolution | Alex Dupuy | Taschenbuch | 2019

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This important book provides a critical reinterpretation of the Haitian Revolution and its aftermath. Alex Dupuy evaluates the French colonial context of Saint-Domingue and then Haiti, the achievements and limitations of the revolution, and the divisions in the Haitian ruling class that blocked meaningful economic and political development.

Über den Autor

Alex Dupuy is John E. Andrus Professor of Sociology Emeritus at Wesleyan University. His books include Haiti in the World Economy: Class, Race, and Underdevelopment since 1700; Haiti in the New World Order: The Limits of the Democratic Revolution; The Prophet and Power: Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the International Community, and Haiti; and Haiti: From Revolutionary Slaves to Powerless Citizens.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by Robert Fatton Jr.

Acknowledgments

Author Note

Introduction

1 Capitalism and Slavery: Revisiting and Old Debate

Toward an Alternative Perspective
Capitalism and Slavery in Saint-Domingue
Conclusion
Notes

2 Masters, Slaves, and Revolution in Saint-Domingue: A Critique of the Hegelian Interpretation
An Alternative Interpretation
Hegel on the Master-Slave Dialectic: A Critique
Notes

3 From Saint-Domingue to Haiti: Revolution and the Rise of a New Bourgeoisie
Notes

4 Property, Debt, and Development: Rethinking the Indemnity Question
From Toussaint Louverture to Jean-Pierre Boyer: The Making of a Landed Bourgeoisie
A Question of Property
Debt, Politics, and Development
A Note on Democracy
Conclusion
Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the Author

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2019
Fachbereich:	Regionalgeschichte
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781442261112
ISBN-10:	1442261110
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Dupuy, Alex
Hersteller:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 152 x 10 mm
Von/Mit:	Alex Dupuy
Erscheinungsdatum:	12.04.2019
Gewicht:	0,276 kg