Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History
Michel-Rolph Trouillot
ISBN 10: 0807043117 ISBN 13: 9780807043110
Published by Beacon Press, 1997
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Placing the West's failure to acknowledge the most successful slave revolt in history alongside denials of the Holocaust and the debate over the Alamo, Michel-Rolph Trouillot offers a stunning meditation on how power operates in the making and recording of history.
About the Author: Michel-Rolph Trouillot, one of the most prominent Haitian scholars in the United States, is director of the Institute for Global Studies in culture, Power, and History and Krieger/Eisenhower Distinguished Professor in anthropology at Johns Hopkins University.
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Title: Silencing the Past: Power and the Production...
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 1997
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good