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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787098603321

Autore

Smith Matthew J.

Titolo

Liberty, fraternity, exile : Haiti and Jamaica after emancipation / / Matthew J. Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, North Carolina : , : The University of North Carolina Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4696-1799-4

1-4696-1798-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (726 p.)

Disciplina

972.94/04

Soggetti

Enslaved persons - Emancipation - Haiti

Haiti History 1844-1915

Jamaica History 19th century

Haiti Relations Jamaica

Jamaica Relations Haiti

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

Introduction: Beyond the mountains, the sea -- Part I: Collapse, 1838-1859 -- The opportunity of freedom -- One common ruin -- Moral revolutions -- Between empires -- Part II: Revolutions, rebellion, and refugees, 1860-1870 -- Return of liberty -- The course of time -- The troubles of 1865 -- War and peace -- Part III: Disorder and progress, 1870-1888 -- The power of the crown -- The unfortunate republic -- Perpetual exile -- Part IV: A new imperialism, 1890-1915 -- Age of promise -- La Republique C'est la Paix -- Through colonial eyes -- A party of exiles -- Epilogue: Binding tides.

Sommario/riassunto

Liberty, Fraternity, Exile: Haiti and Jamaica after Emancipation