Culture, humanities & social science
The Colony and the Company: Haiti after the Mississippi Bubble
By Malick W. Ghachem, professor of history
Princeton University Press · 2025
Many things account for Haiti's modern troubles. A good perspective on them comes from going back in time to 1715 or so, and grappling with a far-flung narrative involving the French monarchy, a financial speculator named John Law, and a stock-market crash called the "Mississippi Bubble." In "The Colony and the Company," Ghachem examines the economic transformations and multi-sided power struggles of that time.
From Summer 2026 recommended reading from MIT (MIT News). Cover image via Google Books.
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