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The Colonial System Unveiled
Baron De Vastey
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Description for The Colonial System Unveiled
Hardcover. The first translation into English of 'Le Systeme colonial devoile', the first systematic critique of colonialism ever written from the perspective of a colonized subject. Num Pages: 340 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJH; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 167 x 23. Weight in Grams: 656.
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Long neglected in mainstream history books, the Haitian Revolution (1791–1804) is now being claimed across a range of academic disciplines as an event of world-historical importance. The former slaves’ victory over their French masters and the creation of the independent nation of Haiti in 1804 is being newly heralded not only as a seminal moment in the transnational formation of the ‘black Atlantic’ but as the most far-reaching manifestation of ‘Radical Enlightenment’.
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Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
340
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781380314
SKU
V9781781380314
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Ref
99-50
About Baron De Vastey
Baron de Vastey was a man of letters in post-revolutionary Haiti. He wrote four major books between 1814 and 1819, along with a series of pamphlets, before being murdered in 1820. Chris Bongie is Professor and Queen’s National Scholar at Queen’s University, Canada. Previous publications include Friends and Enemies: The Scribal Politics of Post/Colonial Literature (LUP, 2008), Islands and Exiles: ... Read more
Reviews for The Colonial System Unveiled
Reviews 'In this first-rate critical edition, Bongie illuminates the significance of Baron de Vastey’s Le système colonial dévoilé well beyond the field of Haitian Studies. Indeed, he argues that The Colonial System Unveiled “can legitimately be considered the first systemic critique of colonialism ever written, certainly from the perspective of a colonized subject”. With the book now available in English ... Read more