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Autore |
Walsh John Patrick <1971-> |
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Titolo |
Free and French in the Caribbean [[electronic resource] ] : Toussaint Louverture, Aime Cesaire, and narratives of loyal opposition / / John Patrick Walsh |
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Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2013 |
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ISBN |
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1-299-46684-2 |
0-253-00810-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (401 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Caribbean, French-speaking - History - Autonomy and independence movements |
Decolonization in literature |
Martinican literature (French) - History and criticism |
Nationalism in literature |
Nationalism - Caribbean, French speaking - History |
Nationalism - Haiti - History |
Haiti History Revolution, 1791-1804 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-188) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. Toussaint Louverture; 1 Toussaint Louverture and the Family of Saint-Domingue; 2 Under the Stick of Maître Toussaint; 3 "Free and French": La Constitution de la colonie française de Saint-Domingue; 4 Toussaint Louverture at a Crossroads: The Mémoire of the "First Soldier of the Republic of Saint Domingue"; Part II. Aimé Césaire; 5 Césaire Reads Toussaint: The Haitian Revolution and the Problem of Departmentalization; 6 Haitian Building: La tragédie du roi Christophe; Conclusion: Artisans of Free and French; Notes |
BibliographyIndex; About the Author |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In Free and French in the Caribbean, John Walsh studies 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- |
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