The world of the Haitian Revolution
By: edited by David Patrick Geggus and Norman Fiering.
Contributors: Geggus, David Patrick.; Fiering, Norman.
Series: Blacks in the diaspora
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Bloomington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 419
ISBN-13: 9780253352323; 9780253220172
Subjects: Haiti -- History -- Revolution, 1791-1804 -- Causes; Haiti -- History -- Revolution, 1791-1804 -- Influence
Description: These essays deepen our understanding of Haiti during the period from 1791 to 1815. They consider the colony's history and material culture as well as it 'free people of colour' and the events leading up to the revolution and its violent unfolding.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Saint-Domingue on the eve of the Haitian Revolution / David Geggus; title: Vestiges of the built landscape of pre-revolutionary Saint-Domingue / Jacques de Cauna; title: Saint-Domingue's free people of color and the tools of revolution / John D. Garrigus; title: On the road to citizenship : the complex route to integration of the free people of color in the two capitals of Saint-Domingue / Dominique Rogers; title: The trans-Atlantic king and imperial public spheres : everyday politics in pre-revolutionary Saint-Domingue / Gene E. Ogle; title: The insurgents of 1791, their leaders, and the concept of independence / Yves Benot; title: Avenging America : the politics of violence in the Haitian Revolution / Laurent Dubois; title: "Fêtes de l'hymen, fêtes de la liberté" : marriage, manhood, and emancipation in revolutionary Saint-Domingue / Elizabeth Colwill; title: "The colonial vendée" / Malick Ghachem; title: The Saint-Domingue slave revolution and the unfolding of independence, 1791-1804 / Carolyn E. Fick; title: The French Revolution's other island / Jeremy D. Popkin; title: Speaking of Haiti : slavery, revolution, and freedom in Cuban slave testimony / Ada Ferrer; title: The Saint-Dominguan refugees and American distinctiveness in the early years of the Haitian Revolution / Ashli White; title: "Free upon higher ground" : Saint-Domingue slaves' suits for freedom in U. S. courts, 1792-1830 / Sue Peabody; title: Repercussions of the Haitian Revolution in Brazil, 1791-1850 / Joao José Reis and Flavio dos Santos Gomes; title: The specter of Saint-Domingue : American and French reactions to the Haitian Revolution / Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall; title: Representations of the Haitian Revolution in French literature / Léon-François Hoffmann; title: Neoclassicism and the Haitian Revolution / Carlo Célius.