The naming of Haiti
When St. Domingue declared its independence it was renamed Haiti, an Amerindian name. Author explores what the founding fathers of Haitian independence might have known about the Amerindian past in the Caribbean and in South America. He also raises questions about ethnicity and identity in 19th-c. H...
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| Language: | English |
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BRILL
1997-01-01
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| Online Access: | http://www.kitlv-journals.nl/index.php/nwig/article/view/3357 |