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15%OFFGerald Horne - Confronting Black Jacobins: The U.S., the Haitian Revolution, and the Origins of the Dominican Republic - 9781583675625 - V9781583675625
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Confronting Black Jacobins: The U.S., the Haitian Revolution, and the Origins of the Dominican Republic

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Description for Confronting Black Jacobins: The U.S., the Haitian Revolution, and the Origins of the Dominican Republic Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
The Haitian Revolution, the product of the first successful slave revolt, was truly world-historic in its impact. When Haiti declared independence in 1804, the leading powers--France, Great Britain, and Spain--suffered an ignominious defeat and the New World was remade. The island revolution also had a profound impact on Haiti's mainland neighbor, the United States. Inspiring the enslaved and partisans of emancipation while striking terror throughout the Southern slaveocracy, it propelled the fledgling nation one step closer to civil war. Gerald Horne's path breaking new work explores the complex and often fraught relationship between the United States and the island of ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Monthly Review Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
423
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781583675625
SKU
V9781583675625
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About Gerald Horne
Gerald Horne is Moores Professor of History and African-American Studies at the University of Houston. His books include Race Woman: The Lives of Shirley Graham Du Bois and Race War!: White Supremacy and the Japanese Attack on the British Empire (both available from NYU Press).

Reviews for Confronting Black Jacobins: The U.S., the Haitian Revolution, and the Origins of the Dominican Republic
I could not begin to do this book justice. Horne provides a complex and detailed account written in his wonderfully exuberant style -Internationalist 360

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