Bellegarde-Smith, Patrick — Haiti: The Breached Citadel (1990; revised and updated edition 2004) Source Information

Bellegarde-Smith, Patrick — Haiti: The Breached Citadel (1990; revised and updated edition 2004) Source Information Author: Patrick Bellegarde-Smith (not dantes bellegarde — these are different people; Dantès Bellegarde is the occupation-era historian; Patrick Bellegarde-Smith is a contemporary scholar and Vodou initiate) Full Title: Haiti: The Breached Citadel Publication: First edition, Westview Press, 1990. Revised and updated edition, Canadian Scholars' Press, Toronto, 2004 Type: Secondary Source — comprehensive survey of Haitian history, political economy, society, culture, and Vodou; written from an explicitly Haitian scholarly and spiritual standpoint Language: English Cover art: Cameau Rameau, Les Dieux Vaudou se penchant sur le destin d'Haiti (The Vodou Gods Considering Haiti's Fate), oil on canvas Location in Rasin archive: ~/dev/rasin/data/sources/secondary_sources/annas_archive_new/bellegarde-smith-haiti-breached-citadel.pdf Related Notes: bellegarde smith haiti breached citadel ch notes Status Text available: Yes — PDF in Rasin archive Review pass: Initial extraction (2026-04-13) — TOC, preface, introduction, and Chapter 1 read in full; chapter notes created Chapter notes: bellegarde smith haiti breached citadel ch notes Overview Haiti: The Breached Citadel is the most comprehensive single-volume overview of Haitian history, politics, economy, society, and culture in the vault. It covers the full arc from Saint-Domingue's colonial economy through the Haitian Revolution, post-independence political crises, the U.S.