The Guise of Exceptionalism : : Unmasking the National Narratives of Haiti and the United States / / Robert Fatton.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021 English
• VerfasserIn: Fatton, Robert,
• Place / Publishing House: New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Critical Caribbean Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (262 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface and Acknowledgments --; The Guise of Exceptionalism --; 1 Introduction --; 2 American Exceptionalism --; 3 Exceptionalism and “Unthinkability” --; 4 Manifest Destiny and the American Occupation of Haiti --; 5 The American Occupation and Haiti’s Exceptionalism --; 6 Imperial Exceptionalism at the Turn of the Twentieth Century --; 7 Dictatorship, Democratization, and Exceptionalism --; 8 The Diaspora and the Transmogrification of Exceptionalism --; 9 Identity Politics and Modern Exceptionalism --; 10 Conclusion --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index --; About the Author
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781978821354; 9783110754001; 9783110753776; 9783110754087; 9783110753851; 9783110739138
• DOI: 10.36019/9781978821354?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Robert Fatton.

The Guise of Exceptionalism compares the historical origins of Haitian and American exceptionalisms. It also traces how exceptionalism as a narrative of uniqueness has shaped relations between the two countries from their early days of independence through the contemporary period. As a social invention, it changes over time, but always within the parameters of its original principles.