Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History -- Michel-Rolph Trouillot, Hardcover

Placing the West's failure to acknowledge the most successful slave revolt in history alongside denials of the Holocaust and the debate over the Alamo, Michel-Rolph Trouillot offers a stunning meditation on how power operates in the making and recording of history.

Author: Michel-Rolph Trouillot
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: 02/03/2026
Pages: 216
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
ISBN: 9780807024126

About the Author
Michel-Rolph Trouillot, one of the most prominent Haitian scholars in the United States, is director of the Institute for Global Studies in culture, Power, and History and Krieger/Eisenhower Distinguished Professor in anthropology at Johns Hopkins University.