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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... tap - tap Chicago went on strike : the most important factor in getting together a strike in Haiti is whether you can con- vince the tap - tap drivers to go along with you . At the beginning they went along , but it was never easy to ...
... tap - tap Chicago went on strike : the most important factor in getting together a strike in Haiti is whether you can con- vince the tap - tap drivers to go along with you . At the beginning they went along , but it was never easy to ...
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... tap - tap Chicago in the usual traffic jam that starts after El Caribeño , and the bottleneck suddenly turned the two - lane road into a four - lane road , and no one was moving . The people inside the tap - tap ahead of me peered out ...
... tap - tap Chicago in the usual traffic jam that starts after El Caribeño , and the bottleneck suddenly turned the two - lane road into a four - lane road , and no one was moving . The people inside the tap - tap ahead of me peered out ...
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... tap - tap , alone . She distributes bags to her usual suppliers along the way up , along with gossip from the capital , and later returns to the depot to see what they will bring her . She pays half up front and half upon delivery . A ...
... tap - tap , alone . She distributes bags to her usual suppliers along the way up , along with gossip from the capital , and later returns to the depot to see what they will bring her . She pays half up front and half upon delivery . A ...
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