Haitian Connections in the Atlantic World: Recognition after Revolution
Julia Gaffield
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Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJH; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTR; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 525.
On January 1, 1804, Haiti shocked the world by declaring independence. Historians have long portrayed Haiti's postrevolutionary period as one during which the international community rejected Haiti's Declaration of Independence and adopted a policy of isolation designed to contain the impact of the world's only successful slave revolution. Julia Gaffield, however, anchors a fresh vision of Haiti's first tentative years of independence to its relationships with other nations and empires and reveals the surprising limits of the country's supposed isolation.
Gaffield frames Haitian independence as both a practical and an intellectual challenge to powerful ideologies of racial hierarchy and ... Read more
On January 1, 1804, Haiti shocked the world by declaring independence. Historians have long portrayed Haiti's postrevolutionary period as one during which the international community rejected Haiti's Declaration of Independence and adopted a policy of isolation designed to contain the impact of the world's only successful slave revolution. Julia Gaffield, however, anchors a fresh vision of Haiti's first tentative years of independence to its relationships with other nations and empires and reveals the surprising limits of the country's supposed isolation.
Gaffield frames Haitian independence as both a practical and an intellectual challenge to powerful ideologies of racial hierarchy and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9781469625621
SKU
V9781469625621
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About Julia Gaffield
Julia Gaffield is assistant professor of history at Georgia State University, USA.
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