The memoir of general Toussaint Louverture / / translated and edited by Philippe Girard

• Autore: Toussaint Louverture <1743-1803, >
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, [New York] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (194 p.)
• Disciplina: 972.94/03092
• Soggetto topico: Generals - Haiti; Revolutionaries - Haiti
• Soggetto geografico: Haiti History Revolution, 1791-1804
• Altri autori: GirardPhilippe
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; The Memoir of General Toussaint Louverture; Copyright; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Introduction; PREFACE TO THE TRANSCRIPT AND ENGLISH TRANSLATION; Map of Place Names Mentioned in the Memoir; Original Transcript and English Translation; Memoire du General Toussaint Louverture: Transcript; Memoir of General Toussaint Louverture: English Translation; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: Here is an annotated, scholarly, multilingual edition of the only lengthy text personally written by Haitian revolutionary Toussaint Louverture: the memoirs he wrote shortly before his death in the French prison of Fort de Joux. The translation is based on an original copy in Louverture's hand never before published. Historian Philippe Girard begins with an introductory essay that retraces Louverture's career as a slave, rebel, and governor. Girard provides a detailed narrative of the last year of Louverture's life, and analyzes the significance of the memoirs and letters from a historical and
• Titolo autorizzato: The memoir of general Toussaint Louverture
• ISBN: 0-19-939352-4; 0-19-025458-0; 0-19-993723-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910790995803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II