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Philippe R Girard
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
340 pages : maps, illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Toussaint Louverture's life was one of hardship, triumph, and contradiction. It began on Saint-Domingue, the richest colony in the Western Hemisphere, where he witnessed first-hand the torture of the enslaved population. Yet he managed to earn his freedom and establish himself as a small-scale planter. He even purchased slaves of his own. In Toussaint Louverture, Philippe Girard tells the incredible tale of how Louverture transformed himself from...
Author
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st Palgrave Macmillan pbk. ed.
Physical Desc
viii, 248 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In the aftermath of January's horrific earthquake, the world's attention is focused on Haiti. In this full narrative history of the Caribbean nation, historian Philippe Girard offers insight into Haiti's complex and layered past, showing that its current state as the poorest country in the western hemisphere was not inevitable. This highly readable and accessible history takes the reader back two hundred years to a time when Haiti was so prosperous...
