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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 the unauthorized rural settlements devised by former slaves of the colonial plantation system. Analyzing the country's turbulent transition from the most profitable and exploitative slave colony of the eighteenth century to a relatively free society of small farmers, Gonzalez narrates the origins of institutions such as informal open-air marketplaces and rural agrarian compounds known as lakou. Drawing on seldom-studied primary sources to contribute to a growing body of early Haitian scholarship, he argues that Haiti's legacy of runaway communities and land conflict was as formative as the Haitian Revolution in developing the country's characteristic agrarian, mercantile, and religious institutions"--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xii, 302 pages
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
Isbn
9780300230086
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Maroon nation : a history of revolutionary Haiti
Title
Maroon nation
Title remainder
a history of revolutionary Haiti
Statement of responsibility
Johnhenry Gonzalez
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"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 the unauthorized rural settlements devised by former slaves of the colonial plantation system. Analyzing the country's turbulent transition from the most profitable and exploitative slave colony of the eighteenth century to a relatively free society of small farmers, Gonzalez narrates the origins of institutions such as informal open-air marketplaces and rural agrarian compounds known as lakou. Drawing on seldom-studied primary sources to contribute to a growing body of early Haitian scholarship, he argues that Haiti's legacy of runaway communities and land conflict was as formative as the Haitian Revolution in developing the country's characteristic agrarian, mercantile, and religious institutions"--
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Gonzalez, Johnhenry
Dewey number
972.94
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
Index
index present
LC call number
F1921
LC item number
.G67 2019
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
Series statement
Yale agrarian studies
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Revolution (Haiti : 1791-1804)
  • Land tenure
  • Peasants
  • Economic history
  • Land tenure
  • Peasants
  • HISTORY / Caribbean & West Indies / General
  • HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE / Agriculture & Food
  • Haiti
  • Haiti
  • Haiti
  • Haiti
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Maroon nation : a history of revolutionary Haiti, Johnhenry Gonzalez
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
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rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
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
Dimensions
22 cm.
Extent
xii, 302 pages
Isbn
9780300230086
Lccn
2018956855
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, map
System control number
  • (OCoLC)1055264747
  • (OCoLC)on1055264747
  • 2998659
Label
Maroon nation : a history of revolutionary Haiti, Johnhenry Gonzalez
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
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
Dimensions
22 cm.
Extent
xii, 302 pages
Isbn
9780300230086
Lccn
2018956855
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, map
System control number
  • (OCoLC)1055264747
  • (OCoLC)on1055264747
  • 2998659

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