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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... Haiti had become a place of considerable interest to the growing world power to her north . The Môle St. - Nicolas , which faces the eastern tip of Cuba on Haiti's northwestern coast , guarded the Windward Passage to the Caribbean , an ...
... Haiti had become a place of considerable interest to the growing world power to her north . The Môle St. - Nicolas , which faces the eastern tip of Cuba on Haiti's northwestern coast , guarded the Windward Passage to the Caribbean , an ...
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... Haiti would be dependent on U.S. food exports , and would in turn raise its revenues by exporting assembled goods and export crops , as well as agribusiness produce like tomato paste . Haiti would become an extension of the United ...
... Haiti would be dependent on U.S. food exports , and would in turn raise its revenues by exporting assembled goods and export crops , as well as agribusiness produce like tomato paste . Haiti would become an extension of the United ...
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... Haiti . Over the years , there was much debate among Haitians about this controversial section , which remained intact for more than a century through the rocky course of Haiti's constitutional history . Those who called for the ...
... Haiti . Over the years , there was much debate among Haitians about this controversial section , which remained intact for more than a century through the rocky course of Haiti's constitutional history . Those who called for the ...
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