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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... French shot down an approaching battalion of slaves , a new one seemed to rise up behind it , and kept coming . Among the black troops were marrons , or Maroons , slaves who had fled the hardships of the plantations many years before ...
... French shot down an approaching battalion of slaves , a new one seemed to rise up behind it , and kept coming . Among the black troops were marrons , or Maroons , slaves who had fled the hardships of the plantations many years before ...
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... French whom the Emperor Henry had feared , nor did they drop anchor at Cap - Häitien . They were Amer- ican Marines , and they landed near Port - au - Prince in 1915 . By then , Haiti had become a place of considerable interest to the ...
... French whom the Emperor Henry had feared , nor did they drop anchor at Cap - Häitien . They were Amer- ican Marines , and they landed near Port - au - Prince in 1915 . By then , Haiti had become a place of considerable interest to the ...
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... French colony , when slaves were first imported in large numbers . The French feared voodoo , and the famous 1791 voodoo ceremony at Bois - Cayman where the slave re- volt began had proved that their fears were justified . When indepen ...
... French colony , when slaves were first imported in large numbers . The French feared voodoo , and the famous 1791 voodoo ceremony at Bois - Cayman where the slave re- volt began had proved that their fears were justified . When indepen ...
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