Jeremy D. Popkin - A Concise History of the Haitian Revolution

Series editor: Jürgen Buchenau

The books in this series will introduce students to the most significant themes and topics in Latin American history. They represent a novel approach to designing supplementary texts for this growing market. Intended as supplementary textbooks, the books will also discuss the ways in which historians have interpreted these themes and topics, thus demonstrating to students that our understanding of our past is constantly changing, through the emergence of new sources, methodologies, and historical theories. Unlike monographs, the books in this series will be broad in scope and written in a style accessible to undergraduates.

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Second Edition

Jeremy D. Popkin

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

This second edition first published 2022

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Names: Popkin, Jeremy D., 1948- author. | John Wiley & Sons, publisher. Title: A concise history of the Haitian Revolution / Jeremy D. Popkin, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. Description: Second edition. | Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, 2022. | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Contents: Introduction -- A Colonial Society in a Revolutionary Era -- The Uprisings, 1791-1793 -- Republican Emancipation in Saint-Domingue, 1793-1798 -- Toussaint Louverture in Power, 1798-1801 -- The Struggle for Independence, 1802-1806 -- Consolidating Independence in a Hostile World -- Afterword: The Earthquake Crisis of 2010 and the Haitian Revolution -- Recent Scholarship on the Haitian Revolution. Identifiers: LCCN 2021020319 (print) | LCCN 2021020320 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119746331 (paperback) | ISBN 9781119746348 (pdf) | ISBN 9781119746263 (epub) | ISBN 9781119746362 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: Haiti--History--Revolution, 1791-1804. Classification: LCC F1923 .P66 2022 (print) | LCC F1923 (ebook) | DDC 972.94/03--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021020319LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021020320

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2 Series page Viewpoints/Puntos de Vista: Themes and Interpretations in Latin American History Series editor: Jürgen Buchenau The books in this series will introduce students to the most significant themes and topics in Latin American history. They represent a novel approach to designing supplementary texts for this growing market. Intended as supplementary textbooks, the books will also discuss the ways in which historians have interpreted these themes and topics, thus demonstrating to students that our understanding of our past is constantly changing, through the emergence of new sources, methodologies, and historical theories. Unlike monographs, the books in this series will be broad in scope and written in a style accessible to undergraduates. Published Beyond Borders: A History of Mexican Migration to the United States Timothy J. Henderson Bartolomé de las Casas and the Conquest of the Americas Lawrence A. Clayton The Last Caudillo: Alvaro Obregón and the Mexican Revolution Jürgen Buchenau Spaniards in the Colonial Empire: Creoles vs. Peninsulars? Mark A. Burkholder Dictatorship in South America Jerry Dávila Mothers Making Latin America Erin E. O’Connor A History of the Cuban Revolution, Second Edition Aviva Chomsky A Short History of US Interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean Alan McPherson Latin American Cultural Objects and Episodes William H. Beezley Forthcoming Emancipations: Latin American Independence in a Global Context Karen Racine Mexico Since 1960 Stephen E. Lewis