Anne Eller

We Dream Together

Dominican Independence, Haiti, and the Fight for Caribbean Freedom

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Produktbeschreibung

In this thorough social and political history Anne Eller breaks with dominant narratives of the history of the Dominican Republic and its relationship with Haiti by tracing the complicated history of its independence between 1822 and 1865, showing how the Dominican Republic's political roots are deeply entwined with Haiti's.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 596g
• ISBN-13: 9780822362371
• ISBN-10: 0822362376
• Artikelnr.: 44600215

Autorenporträt

Anne Eller is Assistant Professor of History at Yale University.

Inhaltsangabe

Timeline  ix
Acknowledgments  xv
Introduction. Roots and Branches of the Tree of Liberty  1
1. Life by Steam: The Dominican Republic's First Republic, 1844–1861  21
2. Soon It Will Be Mexico's Turn: Caribbean Empire and Dominican
Annexation  59
3. The White Race Is Destined to Occupy This Island: Annexation and the
Question of Free Labor  87
4. The Haitians or the Whites? Colonization and Resistance, 1861–1863  117
5. You Promised to Die of Hunger: Resistance, Slavery, and All-Out War  144
6. The Lava Spread Everywhere: Rural Revolution, the Provisional
Government, and Haiti  178
7. Nothing Remains Anymore: The Last Days of Spanish Rule  207
Epilogue. Between Fear and Hope  229
Notes  237
Bibliography  335
Index