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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... slaves in line . Their African religions were immediately recognized as a possible source of strength in resisting the French , and the colonials decreed that all slaves must be baptized into Catholicism , thereafter to worship in that ...
... slaves in line . Their African religions were immediately recognized as a possible source of strength in resisting the French , and the colonials decreed that all slaves must be baptized into Catholicism , thereafter to worship in that ...
Page 208
... slaves had no such political roots ; most of the colonials on the island joined with the French in opposing the slave revolt , and many of those who managed to live through the revolution were methodically extermi- nated as potential ...
... slaves had no such political roots ; most of the colonials on the island joined with the French in opposing the slave revolt , and many of those who managed to live through the revolution were methodically extermi- nated as potential ...
Page 262
... slaves farther up in the hills , their campaigns were less successful . The Maroons ' dogs barked during the night preceding the revenge attack , reports Mo- reau de Saint - Méry , and the slaves " fled into the woods , which were so ...
... slaves farther up in the hills , their campaigns were less successful . The Maroons ' dogs barked during the night preceding the revenge attack , reports Mo- reau de Saint - Méry , and the slaves " fled into the woods , which were so ...
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