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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55624555 Title: Conscripts of modernity : the tragedy of colonial enlightenment Author: David Scott Publisher: Durham : Duke University Press, 2004. ISBN/ISSN: 082233433X 9780822334330 0822334445 9780822334446 OCLC:55624555

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Conscripts of modernity : the tragedy of colonial enlightenment

Author:	David Scott
Publisher:	Durham : Duke University Press, 2004.
Edition/Format:	Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	Uses C L R James' "The Black Jacobins" as a point for a reconsideration of colonial and postcolonial concepts of history, politics, and agency.
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Additional Physical Format:	Online version: Scott, David, 1958- Conscripts of modernity. Durham : Duke University Press, 2004 (OCoLC)645828614
Named Person:	C L R James; Toussaint Louverture; Toussaint Louverture
Material Type:	Internet resource
Document Type:	Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors:	David Scott Find more information about:
ISBN:	082233433X 9780822334330 0822334445 9780822334446
OCLC Number:	55624555
Description:	279 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents:	Futures past -- Romanticism and the longing for anticolonial revolution -- Conscripts of modernity -- Toussaint's tragic dilemma -- The tragedy of colonial enlightenment.
Responsibility:	David Scott.
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