How Long to Read The Haitians

How Long Does it Take to Read The Haitians?

It takes the average reader 7 hours and 38 minutes to read The Haitians by Jean Casimir

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

In this sweeping history, leading Haitian intellectual Jean Casimir argues that the story of Haiti should not begin with the usual image of Saint-Domingue as the richest colony of the eighteenth century. Rather, it begins with a reconstruction of how individuals from Africa, in the midst of the golden age of imperialism, created a sovereign society based on political imagination and a radical rejection of the colonial order, persisting even through the U.S. occupation in 1915. The Haitians also critically retheorizes the very nature of slavery, colonialism, and sovereignty. Here, Casimir centers the perspectives of Haiti's moun andeyo—the largely African-descended rural peasantry. Asking how these systematically marginalized and silenced people survived in the face of almost complete political disenfranchisement, Casimir identifies what he calls a counter-plantation system. Derived from Caribbean political and cultural practices, the counter-plantation encompassed consistent reliance on small-scale landholding. Casimir shows how lakou, small plots of land often inhabited by generations of the same family, were and continue to be sites of resistance even in the face of structural disadvantages originating in colonial times, some of which continue to be maintained by the Haitian government with support from outside powers.

How long is The Haitians?

The Haitians by Jean Casimir is 453 pages long, and a total of 114,609 words.

This makes it 153% the length of the average book. It also has 140% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Haitians Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 10 hours and 26 minutes to read The Haitians aloud.

What Reading Level is The Haitians?

The Haitians is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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