"A remarkable new analysis of how African Americans and Haitians
interacted over the long term. It asserts bold new methods and
conclusions on inter-American relations, Pan Americanism, and
U.S.-Haitian relations."--David Sheinin, Trent University "Polyne
has provided a clearly written, nuanced, deeply researched study
about the multiple efforts among the Haitian and African American
elite to advance both their national agendas and larger global
commitments to the diaspora. No one has focused on Haiti the way he
has." --Carol Anderson, Emory University "Adds an important and
much-needed layer to our understanding of the strengths and
weaknesses of diasporic relations."--Carol Anderson, Emory
University Haiti has long been both a source of immense
pride--because of the Haitian Revolution--and of profound
disappointment--because of the unshakable realities of poverty,
political instability, and violence--to the black diasporic
imagination. Charting the long history of these multiple meanings
is the focus of Millery Polyne's rich and critical transnational
history of U.S. African Americans and Haitians. Stretching from the
thoughts and words of American intellectuals such as Frederick
Douglass, Robert Moton, and Claude Barnett to the Civil Rights era,
Polyne's temporal scope is breathtaking. But just as impressive is
the thematic range of the work, which carefully examines the
political, economic, and cultural relations between U.S. African
Americans and Haitians. From Douglass to Duvalier examines the
creative and critical ways U.S. African Americans and Haitians
engaged the idealized tenets of Pan Americanism--mutual
cooperation, egalitarianism, and nonintervention between
nation-states--in order to strengthen Haiti's social, economic, and
political growth and stability. The depth of Polyne's research
allows him to speak confidently about the convoluted ways that
these groups have viewed modernization, "uplift," and racial unity,
as well as the shifting meanings and importance of the concepts
over time. Millery Polyne is assistant professor at New York
University's Gallatin School of Individualized Study.
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