Michel-Rolph Trouillot
Encyclopedia
Michel-Rolph Trouillot is an academic and anthropologist
currently working as Professor of Anthropology and of Social Sciences at the University of Chicago
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His 1977 book on the origins of the Haitian slave revolution has been described as "the first book-length monograph written in Haitian creole."
The Haiti
an historian and novelist Henock Trouillot
was his uncle.
Anthropology
Anthropology is the study of humanity. It has origins in the humanities, the natural sciences, and the social sciences. The term "anthropology" is from the Greek anthrōpos , "man", understood to mean mankind or humanity, and -logia , "discourse" or "study", and was first used in 1501 by German...
currently working as Professor of Anthropology and of Social Sciences at the University of Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
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His 1977 book on the origins of the Haitian slave revolution has been described as "the first book-length monograph written in Haitian creole."
The Haiti
Haiti
Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...
an historian and novelist Henock Trouillot
Henock Trouillot
Henock Trouillot was a Haitian historian and novelist. He wrote historical and sociological books, such as:* Historiographie d'Haïti * La Condition des Nègres Domestiques à Saint-Domingue...
was his uncle.
Selected works
- 1977 Ti difé boulé sou Istoua Ayiti. New York: Koléksion Lakansièl.
- 1988 Peasants and Capital: Dominica in the World Economy. Johns Hopkins University PressJohns Hopkins University PressThe Johns Hopkins University Press is the publishing division of the Johns Hopkins University. It was founded in 1878 and holds the distinction of being the oldest continuously running university press in the United States. The Press publishes books, journals, and electronic databases...
. - 1990 Haiti: State against Nation. The Origins and Legacy of Duvalierism. Monthly Review Press.
- 1995 Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History. Beacon PressBeacon PressBeacon Press is an American non-profit book publisher. Founded in 1854 by the American Unitarian Association, it is currently a department of the Unitarian Universalist Association.Beacon Press is a member of the Association of American University Presses....
. - 2003 Global Transformations: Anthropology and the Modern World. PalgravePalgrave- Companies :*Palgrave Macmillan, an academic publishing company[The Palgrave Society], studying the history and genealogy of families with the surname Palgrave or any of its many variants.- People :*John Palsgrave - Companies :*Palgrave Macmillan, an academic publishing company[The Palgrave...