Hadassah St. Hubert’s dissertation, Visions of a Modern Nation: Haiti at the World’s Fairs, is a lucidly argued account of the nation’s systematic efforts to shape its image at international platforms between 1881 and 1967. St. Hubert traces the origin of Haiti’s dependence on tourism and foreign investment to the decades after the nation’s independence in 1804 and argues that Haiti’s participation in World Fairs was instrumental in constructing an international image that would support the nation’s post-colonial growth and progress. Through nuanced discussions, St. Hubert depicts international expositions as sites of imperial and neocolonial display and exploitation, and observes how Haiti’s successive governments challenged this practice, staging a modern and enlightened nation that would attract international investors and tourists. St. Hubert’s meticulously chronicled work thus reveals in detail Haiti’s strategies to negotiate neocolonial relationships at World Fairs and, by drawing on a rich archive of primary sources, St. Hubert expertly balances historical evidence with an original account of Haiti’s changing national identity.