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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460795303321

Autore

Vastey Pompée-Valentin, baron de, <1781-1820?, >

Titolo

The colonial system unveiled / / by Baron de Vastey ; translated and edited by Chris Bongie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Liverpool, [England] : , : Liverpool University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-78138-730-3

1-78138-593-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (341 p.)

Disciplina

972.9403

Soggetti

Slavery - Haiti - History

Electronic books.

Haiti History Revolution, 1791-1804

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover ; Half-title ; Title page ; Copyright page ; Contents ; List of Figures ; Acknowledgements ; Preface: Baron de Vastey and Post/Revolutionary Haiti; Jean Louis Vastey (1781-1820): A Biographical Sketch; Introduction ; I (1820): Death of a Scribe ; II (1814):  The Colonial System Restored ; III (1814-2014): Reading the Protean Text ; Notes to Introduction ; The Colonial System Unveiled ; Notes to The Colonial System Unveiled ; Supplementary Essays ; Chapter 1 ; Chapter 2 ; Chapter 3 ; Chapter 4 ; Bibliography ; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The first translation into English of 'Le Syst?me colonial d?voil?', the first systematic critique of colonialism ever written from the perspective of a colonized subject.