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Free and French in the Caribbean Toussaint Louverture, Aim� C�saire, and Narratives of Loyal Opposition

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ISBN-10: 0253006309

ISBN-13: 9780253006301

Edition: 2013

Authors: John Patrick Walsh

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In Free and French in the Caribbean, John Walsh studies the writings of Toussaint Louverture and Aimé Césaire to examine how they conceived of and narrated two defining events in the decolonializing of the French Caribbean: the revolution that freed the French colony of Saint-Domingue in 1803 and the departmentalization of Martinique and other French colonies in 1946. Walsh emphasizes the connections between these events and the distinct legacies of emancipation that emerged through the narratives of revolution and nationhood passed on to successive generations. By re-examining Louverture and Césaire in light of their multilayered narratives, the book offers a deeper…    
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Book details

List price: $21.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 4/12/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 206
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.682

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Toussaint Louverture
Toussaint Louverture and the Family of Saint-Domingue
Under the Stick of Ma�tre Toussaint
"Free and French": La Constitution de la colonie fran�aise de Saint-Domingue
Toussaint Louverture at a Crossroads: The M�moire of the "First Soldier of the Republic of Saint Domingue"
Aim� C�saire
C�saire Reads Toussaint: The Haitian Revolution and the Problem of Departmentalization
Haitian Building: La trag�die du roi Christophe
Conclusion: Artisans of Free and French
Notes
Bibliography
Index