Silencing the Past Power and the Production of History

Name: Silencing the Past Power and the Production of History
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ISBN: 9780807043110

ISBN-10: 0807043117

ISBN-13: 9780807043110

Edition: 1997

Authors: Michel-Rolph Trouillot

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Silencing the Past is a thought-provoking analysis of historical narrative. Taking examples ranging from the Haitian Revolution to Columbus Day, Michel-Rolph Trouillot demonstrates how power operates, often invisibly, at all stages in the making of history to silence certain voices. "Makes the postmodernist debate come alive." --Choice "Trouillot, a widely respected scholar of Haitian history . . . is a first-rate scholar with provocative ideas . . . Serious students of history should find his work a feast for the mind." --Jay Freedman, Booklist "Elegantly written and richly allusive, . . . Silencing the Past is an important contribution to the anthropology of history. Its most…

Book details

List price: $17.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication date: 7/30/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 216
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English