From Dessalines to Duvalier : race, colour, and national independence in Haiti /

Nicholls, David, 1936-

From Dessalines to Duvalier : race, colour, and national independence in Haiti / David Nicholls. - Rev. ed. - New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 1996. - xlv, 357 p. : map ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-336) and index.

"New edition of a valuable survey of Haitian history that first appeared in 1979 (see HLAS 44:2491). Nicholls died in 1996, and changes to the original book appear to be limited to a new, 41-page preface that summarizes political events in the country from 1986-94"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58. http://www.loc.gov/hlas/

0813522390 (alk. paper) 0813522404 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Self-determination, National--History.--Haiti
Race awareness--History.--Haiti
Elite (Social sciences)--History.--Haiti
Human skin color--Political aspects--Haiti.


Haiti--History--1804-
Haiti--Race relations.

110 F 1924 / N613f 1996