A Turbulent Time: The French Revolution and the Greater Caribbean (Blacks in the Diaspora)
"Stimulating, incisive, insightful, sometimes revisionist, this volume is required reading for historians of comparative colonialism in an age of revolution." Choice "An eminently original and intellectually exciting book." William and Mary Quarterly "... excellent ... While some anthologies suffer from unevenness and lack a coherent center, A Turbulent Time is a series of nine well-written essays whose whole is the sum of its parts." The Journal of American History "Anyone who wants to thoroughly understand the period in question should own this book." Caribbean Historical & Genealogical Journal "All of the essays are beautifully crafted and researched and analytically rigorous. It is destined to become an instant classic, inspiring historians of slavery to even greater heights of research and analysis." H-Net Reviews