Maroon nation : a history of revolutionary Haiti / Johnhenry Gonzalez.

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Haiti is widely recognized as the only state born out of a successful slave revolt, but the country's early history remains scarcely understood. In this deeply researched and original volume, Johnhenry Gonzalez weaves a history of early independent Haiti focused on crop production, land reform, and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gonzalez, Johnhenry (Author)
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019]
Series:Yale agrarian studies.
Subjects:
Haiti > History > Revolution, 1791-1804.
Haiti > History > 1804-
Haiti > Economic conditions > 19th century.
Land tenure > Haiti > History.
Peasants > Haiti > History.
Economic history.
Land tenure.
Peasants.
Haiti.
Since 1791
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xii, 302 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The Maroon Nation Thesis
  • The Revolutionary Period, 1791-1804
  • Despotism and Forced Labor: Dessalines and the State-Directed Plantation Economy
  • Echoes of the Revolution: Rebellion and Civil War in Early Haiti
  • The Land Question and the Triumph of the Haitian Republic
  • The Maroon Economy: Subsistence Production, Cash Crops, and Tax Evasion.