The Rainy Season: Haiti Since DuvalierRecounting a series of personal journeys, each interwoven with scenes from Haiti's extraordinary past, the author brings to life the day-to-day realities of the politically turbulent country |
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Haiti Since Duvalier Amy Wilentz. The occupation was not forgotten ... Shot , and
then tied to a door near the Cap - Haïtien barracks , nearly naked , with a Haitian
flag and crucifix propped up against his dead shoulder . Major J . J . Meade , the
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Haiti Since Duvalier Amy Wilentz. The occupation was not forgotten ... Shot , and
then tied to a door near the Cap - Haïtien barracks , nearly naked , with a Haitian
flag and crucifix propped up against his dead shoulder . Major J . J . Meade , the
...
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Haiti , Verdieu said , was to reduce self - sufficient farming , thereby causing
peasants to migrate to Port - au - Prince , where ... Food aid would be used to
lower the prices of Haitian crops , thereby providing a disincentive to further
domestic ...
Haiti , Verdieu said , was to reduce self - sufficient farming , thereby causing
peasants to migrate to Port - au - Prince , where ... Food aid would be used to
lower the prices of Haitian crops , thereby providing a disincentive to further
domestic ...
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Haiti Since Duvalier Amy Wilentz ... Please feel free to use it in conversations with
Haitian friends and associates . " The first Haitian Constitution , written in 1805
under the auspices of Dessalines , forbade foreigners to purchase or own land in
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Haiti Since Duvalier Amy Wilentz ... Please feel free to use it in conversations with
Haitian friends and associates . " The first Haitian Constitution , written in 1805
under the auspices of Dessalines , forbade foreigners to purchase or own land in
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| Title | The Rainy Season: Haiti Since Duvalier A Touchstone Book |
| Author | Amy Wilentz |
| Publisher | Simon and Schuster, 1989 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 26 Sep 2008 |
| ISBN | 0671641867, 9780671641863 |
| Length | 427 pages |
| Subjects | › History / General |
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