Dupuy, Alex, 2024. Haiti Since 1804: Critical Perspectives on Class, Power, and Gender. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.

Abstract

Haiti since 1804, by the Haitian-American sociologist Alex Dupuy at Wesleyan University, is a slim volume of some 160 pages, covering Haiti’s entire history as a sovereign nation. Its four essays in different ways focus on ‘the theme of class, power and gender and their interrelations and effects in Haiti in the context of its position and function in the capitalist world economy since 1804’ (p. 1). The essays all stand on their own but putting them in relation to each other greatly increases the understanding of Dupuy’s message.