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Haiti, from revolutionary slaves to powerless citizens : essays on the politics and economics of underdevelopment, 1804-2013
- Title
- Haiti, from revolutionary slaves to powerless citizens : essays on the politics and economics of underdevelopment, 1804-2013 / Alex Dupuy.
- Author
- Dupuy, Alex
- Publication
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2014.
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Details
- Description
- ix, 161 pages; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "This title focuses on Haiti from an international perspective. Haiti has endured undue influence from successive French and US governments; its fragile 'democracy' has been founded on subordination to and dominance of foreign powers. This book examines Haiti's position within the global economic and political order, and how the more dominant members of the international community have, in varying ways, exploited the country over the last 200 years"--
- Series Statement
- Europa country perspectives
- Uniform Title
- Europa country perspectives.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [135]-149) and index.
- Contents
- The capitalist world-economy, the fetishism of commodities, and the social geography of race : a reply to Michel Foucault -- Toussaint Louverture, the Haitian Revolution, and negritude : a critical assessment of Aimé Césaire's interpretation -- From revolutionary slaves to powerless citizens -- The transition to democracy and the demise of color politics in Haiti -- The World Bank and Haiti : abetting dictatorship, undermining democracy -- Class, power, sovereignty : Haiti before and after the earthquake.
- Call Number
- Sc E 14-1034
- ISBN
- 9781857437102 (hardback)
- 1857437101 (hardback)
- 9781315856544 (ebook.) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2013040547
- OCLC
- 863632199
- Author
- Dupuy, Alex, author.
- Title
- Haiti, from revolutionary slaves to powerless citizens : essays on the politics and economics of underdevelopment, 1804-2013 / Alex Dupuy.
- Publisher
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2014.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Europa country perspectivesEuropa country perspectives.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [135]-149) and index.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 14-1034