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Modernity Disavowed: Haiti and the Cultures of Slavery in the Age of Revolution (review)

Space limitations preclude a description of each essay here, but a few examples will convey a sense of the rich detail and fresh insights on familiar subjects to be found in this collection. Rosalva Loreto Lopez and Edith Couturier respectively offer beautifully illustrated guided tours of the Jesuit Colegio del Espfritu Santo in Puebla and the sumptuous Mexico City home of the Conde de Regla. Dorothy Tanck de Estrada offers an insightful discussion of infant and child mortality that departs from customary, emotionally detached statistical treatments of the topic. She pays attention not only to the catastrophic epidemics that ravaged each new generation but also the day-to-day hazards that took so many young lives, what colonial observers called the deadly "Cs": "calles, caballos, coches, carruajes, cometas, y caidas" (streets, horses, coaches, carriages, kites, and falls). Children were often interred with a favorite toy—a kite, a pea-shooter, a doll or a swing. Laura Nater's essay takes readers aboard the frigate that carried Teodoro de Croix from Acapulco to Peru, where he was to assume the post of viceroy in the troubled aftermath of Tupac Amaru IPs rebellion. We see the frustrations of Peruvian merchants forced to delay their return trip for several months while the ship was outfitted and provisioned to suit the comfort and official dignity of its distinguished passenger.