The Haiti reader: history, culture, politics

"While Haiti established the second independent nation in the Western Hemisphere and was the first black country to gain independence from European colonizers, its history is not well known in the Anglophone world. The Haiti Reader introduces readers to Haiti's dynamic history and culture...

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Weitere Verfasser: Glover, Kaiama L. 1972- (HerausgeberIn), Dubois, Laurent 1971- (HerausgeberIn), Ménard, Nadève (HerausgeberIn), Polyné, Millery (HerausgeberIn), Verna, Chantalle F. 1974- (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Durham Duke University Press 2020
Schriftenreihe:The Latin America Readers
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Zusammenfassung:"While Haiti established the second independent nation in the Western Hemisphere and was the first black country to gain independence from European colonizers, its history is not well known in the Anglophone world. The Haiti Reader introduces readers to Haiti's dynamic history and culture from the viewpoint of Haitians from all walks of life. Its dozens of selections--most of which appear here in English for the first time--constitute representative works from Haiti's scholarly, literary, religious, visual, musical, and political cultures, and range from poems, novels, and political tracts to essays, legislation, songs, and folk tales. Spanning the centuries between pre-contact indigenous Haiti to the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake, the Reader covers widely known episodes in Haiti's history, such as the U.S. military occupation and the Duvalier dictatorship, as well as overlooked periods such as the decades immediately following Haiti's "second independence" in 1934. Whether examining issues of political upheaval, the environment, and modernization, The Haiti Reader provides an unparalleled look at Haiti's history, culture, and politics"--
Beschreibung:xiv, 529 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations, plates 24 cm
ISBN:9781478005162
9781478006770

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