The Rainy Season: Haiti Since DuvalierThis welcome interpretation of Haiti provides many insights into a country that few North Americans understand. Wilentz, a journalist, captures the complex cultural ambience and mystery of domestic politics with a penetrating eye and powerful description. Covering the years 1986-89, Wilentz analyzes political developments, centering her interpretations on the activities of a radical priest, interspersed with individual Haitian portraits and personal incidents. The flavor of Haiti is superbly conveyed, as are some unsavory aspects of the role of the press, the Catholic Church, and the U.S. embassy, but Wilentz's narrative is often unclear and her objectivity flawed. For academic and large public libraries.-- Roderic A. Camp, Central Coll., Pella, Ia . -Library Journal. |
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... Dessalines , the ruthless revolutionary general who worked alongside Henry Christophe during the war against Napoleon , and who mas- terminded the slaughter of the French planters and their families . Dessalines was the man who coined ...
... Dessalines , the ruthless revolutionary general who worked alongside Henry Christophe during the war against Napoleon , and who mas- terminded the slaughter of the French planters and their families . Dessalines was the man who coined ...
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... Dessalines , one of Toussaint's generals , took on the task of winning the ongoing war against the French . Dessalines managed to bring two more generals , the black former slave Henry Christophe and the mulatto former freeman Alexandre ...
... Dessalines , one of Toussaint's generals , took on the task of winning the ongoing war against the French . Dessalines managed to bring two more generals , the black former slave Henry Christophe and the mulatto former freeman Alexandre ...
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... Dessalines in French , which they don't understand , and which he speaks poorly . Only the disciplinary measures are spoken in Creole . " Fèmen bouch ou ! " ( Shut your mouth ! ) the teacher will say , or " Chita ! Pa pale lè pwofesè ...
... Dessalines in French , which they don't understand , and which he speaks poorly . Only the disciplinary measures are spoken in Creole . " Fèmen bouch ou ! " ( Shut your mouth ! ) the teacher will say , or " Chita ! Pa pale lè pwofesè ...
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