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



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Titolo: The memoir of general Toussaint Louverture / / translated and edited by Philippe Girard Visualizza cluster
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
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
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  Visualizza cluster
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.: 9910453531903321
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