firsthand and eyewitness accounts by the people who shaped pivotal events, as well as glimpses into the

-- Fabula : elements. Preliminary remarks -- Events. Selection ; First criterion : change ; Second criterion

Indochina -- Ch. 29. Current Events.

It is a story that is strong in notable events -slave emancipation, the arrival of the 1820 British

of real events; their power to move us - and to challenge our moral assumptions - remains