Haitian connections in the Atlantic world : recognition after revolution
Bibliographie
- Auteurs : Gaffield Julia ;
- Editeurs : Chapel Hill (N.C.) The University of North Carolina Press ;
- Date d'édition : Cop. 2015
- ISBN : 978-1-469-62562-1, 1-469-62562-8
- Sujets : Haïti -- 1804-1844, Haïti
- Langue(s) : Anglais
- Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XIII-254 p.), : Cartes, couv. ill. en coul., 24 cm
- Pays de publication : États-Unis
Notes
Bibliogr. p. 237-244. Index
Résumé
'On January 1, 1804, Haiti shocked the world by declaring independence. Historians have long portrayed Haiti's postrevolutionary period as one during which the international community rejected Haiti's Declaration of Independence and adopted a policy of isolation designed to contain the impact of the world's only successful slave revolution. Julia Gaffield, however, anchors a fresh vision of Haiti's first tentative years of independence to its relationships with other nations and empires and reveals the surprising limits of the country's supposed isolation'