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Haiti, January 2013
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The Aftershocks of History
Picador
January 2013
On Sale: January 8, 2013
448 pages
ISBN: 1250002362
EAN: 9781250002365
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Non-Fiction
Even before the devastating 2010 earthquake, Haiti was known as a benighted place of poverty and corruption, blamed by many for its own wretchedness. But as acclaimed historian Laurent Dubois demonstrates, Haitiβs troubled present can only be understood by examining its complex past. The countryβs difficulties are inextricably rooted in its founding revolution---the only successful slave revolt in the history of the world; the hostility that this rebellion generated among the surrounding colonial powers; and the intense struggle within Haiti itself to define its newfound freedom and realize its promise. Revealing what lies behind the familiar moniker "the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere," this indispensable book illuminates the foundations on which a new Haiti might yet emerge.
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