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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Page 113
... Duvaliers ' enemies , die . That's how Duvalier organized it , Papa Doc , I mean . “ But then , in the months before Jean - Claude left , you had a situ- ation where , suddenly , Port - au - Prince isn't giving any orders . Where Jean - ...
... Duvaliers ' enemies , die . That's how Duvalier organized it , Papa Doc , I mean . “ But then , in the months before Jean - Claude left , you had a situ- ation where , suddenly , Port - au - Prince isn't giving any orders . Where Jean - ...
Page 171
... Jean - Claude Duvalier fell , Beauvoir had had to close his temple , because he was afraid of his neighbors , poor farmers and jobless shanty - dwellers who reportedly resented his bullying appropriation of the land behind his property ...
... Jean - Claude Duvalier fell , Beauvoir had had to close his temple , because he was afraid of his neighbors , poor farmers and jobless shanty - dwellers who reportedly resented his bullying appropriation of the land behind his property ...
Page 337
... Jean - Claude Duvalier left , when the General , laughing and smiling and cracking jokes , had chucked me under the chin in the Presiden- tial Hall at the National Palace . " The problems have been solved , sweetheart , " he had said to ...
... Jean - Claude Duvalier left , when the General , laughing and smiling and cracking jokes , had chucked me under the chin in the Presiden- tial Hall at the National Palace . " The problems have been solved , sweetheart , " he had said to ...
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