1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910154850603321

Autore

Daut Marlene

Titolo

Tropics of Haiti : race and the literary history of the Haitian Revolution in the Atlantic world, 1789-1865 / / Marlene L. Daut [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Liverpool : , : Liverpool University Press, , 2016

ISBN

1-78138-239-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)

Collana

Liverpool studies in international slavery ; ; 8

Disciplina

972.9403

Soggetti

Haiti History Revolution, 1791-1804 Literature and the revolution

Haiti Politics and government 1804-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This title provides a literary history of the Haitian Revolution that explores how scientific ideas about 'race' affected 19th-century understandings of the Haitian Revolution and, conversely, how understandings of the Haitian Revolution affected 19th-century scientific ideas about race.