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Free and French in the Caribbean : Toussaint Louverture, Aimé Césaire, and narratives of loyal opposition /

This book explores the writings of Toussaint Louverture and Aimé Césaire to examine how they conceived of and narrated two defining events in the decolonializing of the French Caribbean: the revolution that freed the French colony of Saint-Domingue in 1803 and the departmentalization of Martinique...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Walsh, John Patrick, 1971-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2013.
Colección:Blacks in the diaspora.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Toussaint Louverture. Toussaint Louverture and the Family of Saint-Domingue ; Under the Stick of Maître Toussaint ; "Free and French" : La Constitution de la colonie française de Saint-Domingue ; Toussaint Louverture at a Crossroads : The Mémoire of the "First Soldier of the Republic of Saint Domingue"
  • Aimé Césaire. Césaire Reads Toussaint : The Haitian Revolution and the Problem of Departmentalization ; Haitian Building : La tragédie du roi Christophe
  • Conclusion : Artisans of Free and French.