Common Wind. Afro-American Currents in the Age of the Haitian Revolution, Paperback - Julius Scott

A remarkable intellectual history of the slave revolts that made the modern revolutionary era

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DescriptionIn this important book, leading scholar Alex Dupuy provides a critical reinterpretation of the Haitian Revolution and its aftermath. Dup...

Contributor(s): Author: Laurent DuBoisThe first and only successful slave revolution in the Americas began in 1791 when thousands of brutally explo...

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In Vodou Cosmology and the Haitian Revolution in the Enlightenment Ideals of Kant and Hegel, Vivaldi Jean-Marie begins with an interpretation of th...

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The first scholar to focus on collective consciousness and resistance to enslavement before the Haitian Revolution, Eddins makes a major contributi...

Diary of a Common Soldier in the American Revolution, 1775-1783, Paperback

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A history of Great Britain and its former colonies and possessions, from Caesar's invasions to the beginning of the First World War.

The 1916 Revolt was a key event in the history of Central Asia, and of the Russian Empire in the First World War. This volume is the first comprehe...

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The Haitian Revolution, the product of the first successful slave revolt, was truly world-historic in its impact. When Haiti declared independence ...

Offers an interpretation of Blake's art and poetry in the context of the revolutionary period in which he was working.

Reducere. Explore How the Slaves Freed Themselves in the Haitian Revolution The Haitian Revolution was a slave rebellion that began in 1791 in the French col...

Reducere. Explore Some of the Most Important Events and People in Black HistoryTwo captivating manuscripts in one book: African American History: A Captivati...

Explore How the Slaves Freed Themselves in the Haitian RevolutionThe Haitian Revolution was a slave rebellion that began in 1791 in the French colo...

For almost half a century, Amiri Baraka has ranked among the most important commentators on African American music and culture. Assembling his writ...

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Upon its first publication in 2001 as the inaugural volume in The New Press People's History series, edited by the late Howard Zinn, Ray Raphael's ...

Reducere. By: Robert S. Davis, Jr., Pub. 1979, Reprinted 2019, 268 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-169-8.More than 1, 700 citizens, 1, 000 Patriot soldiers, and ...

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The twelve essays in this volume, each written by a leading specialist, present an accessible and comprehensive introduction to Italian Renaissance...

An exploration of the hitherto neglected architectural legacy of the boom in manufacturing in the Veneto in the Renaissance, exploiting natural mat...

Publisher: Broadview Press LtdAuthor(s): Julius BaileyIllustration(s): 10 illustrationsNumber of pages: 190Publication date: 2015Dimensions: 153 x ...

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For Grant Morrison, possibly the greatest of contemporary superhero storytellers, these heroes are not simply characters but powerful archetypes wh...

This book examines crucial aspects of the important cultural relationship between Turin and Britain in the period 1600-1800, when Savoy-Piedmont wa...

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A brilliant telling of the history of the common seaman in the age of sail, and his role in Britain's trade, exploration, and warfare "No other boo...

Reducere. Set four years after the events of Strings, Currents finds the Ables gang about to start their second year at Goodspeed University. Phillip is stru...

Jaclyn Granick reveals the untold story of how American Jews reinvented modern humanitarianism during the Great War and rebuilt Jewish life in Jewi...

Based on his work at companies like Ford, Christian Madsbjerg's Sensemaking is a provocative stand against the tyranny of big data and scientism, a...

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Ryan BoehmIllustration(s): 6 mapsNumber of pages: 316Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 154 x 22...

Haiti's ousted premier on the leader of the world's first black republic

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DescriptionBased on unparalleled access to those involved, and told with compelling pace and drama, The Bank that Lived a Little describes three de...