Haiti and the Americas

by Carla Calargé

Haiti has long played a significant role in global perception of the western hemisphere, but ideas about Haiti often appear paradoxical. Is it a land of tyranny and oppression or a beacon of freedom as site of the world's only successful slave revolution? A bastion of devilish practices or a devoutly religious island? Does its status as the second independent nation in the hemisphere give it special lessons to teach about postcolonialism, or is its...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1617037575
• ISBN13: 9781617037573
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"