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1 online resource (x, 329 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
| Summary |
The first translation into English of 'Le Système colonial dévoilé', the first systematic critique of colonialism ever written from the perspective of a colonized subject. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-319) and index. |
| Contents |
Preface: Baron de Vastey and Post/Revolutionary Haiti -- Jean Louis Vastey (1781-1820): A biographical sketch -- Introduction -- (1820) Death of a scribe -- (1814): The colonial system restored -- (1814-2014): Reading the Protean text -- The colonial system unveiled -- Supplementary Essays -- Monstrous testimony: Baron de Vastey and the politics of Black memory / Marlene Daul -- Abolition, sentiment, and the problem of agency in Le système colonial dévoilé / Doris Garraway -- Memories of development: Le système colonial dévoilé and the performance of literacy / Chris Bongie -- Afterword: Vastey and the system of colonial violence / Nick Nesbitt. |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
Vastey, Pompée-Valentin, baron de, 1781-1820?
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Vastey, Pompée-Valentin, baron de, 1781-1820? |
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Haiti -- History -- Revolution, 1791-1804.
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Slavery -- Haiti -- History.
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Slavery. |
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Haiti. |
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History. |
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Colonies.
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colonies. |
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Colonies. |
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HISTORY -- Caribbean & West Indies -- General. |
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Revolution (Haiti : 1791-1804) |
| Chronological Term |
1791-1804 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Bongie, Chris, editor, translator.
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| Added Title |
Système colonial dévoilé. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2014106975
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| Other Form: |
Print version: De Vastey, Baron. Colonial System Unveiled. : Liverpool University Press, ©2016 |
| ISBN |
9781781385937 |
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1781385939 |
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9781781387306 |
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1781387303 |
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9781781380314 |
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1781380317 |
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