Silencing the Past Power and the Production of History |
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| Author:
| Trouillot, Michel-Rolph |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8070-4311-0 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 1997 |
| Publisher: | Beacon Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $21.99 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.