From Dessalines to Duvalier
Subtitle: race, colour, and national independence in Haiti
By: David Nicholls.
Edition: Rev. ed.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 357
Subjects: Self-determination, National -- Haiti -- History.; Race awareness -- Haiti -- History.; Elite (Social sciences) -- Haiti -- History.; Human skin color -- Political aspects -- Haiti.; Haiti -- History -- 1804-; Haiti -- Race relations.
Description: "New edition of a valuable survey of Haitian history that first appeared in 1979 (see HLAS 44:2491). Nicholls died in 1996, and changes to the original book appear to be limited to a new, 41-page preface that summarizes political events in the country from 1986-94"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-336) and index.