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Black Jacobins : Toussaint l'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution by C. L. R. James (1989, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100679724672
ISBN-139780679724674
eBay Product ID (ePID)177854
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Edition2
Book TitleBlack Jacobins : Toussaint L'ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution
Number of Pages464 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicImperialism, Historical, Caribbean & West Indies / General, Colonialism & Post-Colonialism
Publication Year1989
GenrePolitical Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorC. L. R. James
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height1 in
Item Weight11.4 Oz
Item Length7.9 in
Item Width5.1 in
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Reviews"Brilliantly conceived and executed.... The absorbing narrative never departs from its rigid faithfulness to method and documentation." -- Books "Mr. James is not afraid to touch his pen with the flame of ardent personal feeling--a sense of justice, love of freedom, admiration for heroism, hatred for tyranny--and his detailed, richly documented and dramatically written book holds a deep and lasting interest." -- The New York Times, "Brilliantly conceived and executed...The absorbing narrative never departs from its rigid faithfulness to method and documentation." -- Books "Mr. James is not afraid to touch his pen with the flame of ardent personal feeling -- a sense of justice, love of freedom, admiration for heroism, hatred for tyranny -- and his detailed, richly documented and dramatically written book holds a deep and lasting interest." -- The New York Times, "One of the seminal texts about the history of slavery and abolition. . . . Provocative and empowering." - The New York Times Book Review "Brilliantly conceived and executed.... The absorbing narrative never departs from its rigid faithfulness to method and documentation." -- Books "Mr. James is not afraid to touch his pen with the flame of ardent personal feeling--a sense of justice, love of freedom, admiration for heroism, hatred for tyranny--and his detailed, richly documented and dramatically written book holds a deep and lasting interest." -- The New York Times
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SynopsisA classic and impassioned account of the first revolution in the Third World. This powerful, intensely dramatic book is the definitive account of the Haitian Revolution of 1794-1803, a revolution that began in the wake of the Bastille but became the model for the Third World liberation movements from Africa to Cuba. It is the story of the French colony of San Domingo, a place where the brutality of master toward slave was commonplace and ingeniously refined. And it is the story of a barely literate slave named Toussaint L'Ouverture, who led the black people of San Domingo in a successful struggle against successive invasions by overwhelming French, Spanish, and English forces and in the process helped form the first independent nation in the Caribbean., A powerful and impassioned historical account of the largest successful revolt by enslaved people in history: the Haitian Revolution of 1791-1803 "One of the seminal texts about the history of slavery and abolition.... Provocative and empowering." -- The New York Times Book Review The Black Jacobins, by Trinidadian historian C. L. R. James, was the first major analysis of the uprising that began in the wake of the storming of the Bastille in France and became the model for liberation movements from Africa to Cuba. It is the story of the French colony of San Domingo, a place where the brutality of plantation owners toward enslaved people was horrifyingly severe. And it is the story of a charismatic and barely literate enslaved person named Toussaint L'Ouverture, who successfully led the Black people of San Domingo against successive invasions by overwhelming French, Spanish, and English forces--and in the process helped form the first independent post-colonial nation in the Caribbean. With a new introduction (2023) by Professor David Scott.
LC Classification NumberF1923.T85
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- 17 Aug, 2021
Black jacobin
Great book life changingVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 15 Jul, 2022
 Toussaint Le’Ooverture Toussaint
A great narrative of the Europeans and the relationship of Haitians and slavery how evil the institution wasVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 30 Jun, 2020
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fantastic readVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 03 Feb, 2016
THE BLACK JACOBINS
This is book I would recommend to anyone who want to know about the only successful slave revolution that lead to the second republic in the Americas.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
