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This book is often mentioned as one of the best books on Haitian history after it's independence. Trough exhaustive research, it illuminates the complex issues of race and class in post-colonial Haiti. Nicholls looks as how race has both served as an uniting and dividing factor in 200 years of Haitian history.  
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This book is often mentioned as one of the best books on Haitian history after it's independence. Trough exhaustive research, it illuminates the complex issues of race and class in post-colonial [[Haiti]]. Nicholls looks as how race has both served as an uniting and dividing factor in 200 years of Haitian history.  
  
 
It was written originally in 1979, but the 1996 issue has been updated to cover later events, such as the military coup against President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in 1991.
 
It was written originally in 1979, but the 1996 issue has been updated to cover later events, such as the military coup against President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in 1991.
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This book is often mentioned as one of the best books on Haitian history after it's independence. Trough exhaustive research, it illuminates the complex issues of race and class in post-colonial Haiti. Nicholls looks as how race has both served as an uniting and dividing factor in 200 years of Haitian history.

It was written originally in 1979, but the 1996 issue has been updated to cover later events, such as the military coup against President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in 1991.

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{{From Dessalines to Duvalier}} yields
Nicholls, David (1996). From Dessalines to Duvalier. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press. ISBN 0-8135-2239-0

Book Information
Title From Dessalines to Duvalier
Race, Colour and National Independence in Haiti
Author David Nicholls
ISBN ISBN 0-8135-2240-4
Publisher Rutgers University Press
Date 1996
Place New Brunswick, NJ
Copyright 1996
Pages 357