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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... Jean - Claude had spent little time there , preferring the se- clusion of his beach house or his ranch or his mountain villa . The palace was more important under his black - clad father ; it figured as an impressive backdrop . In 1963 ...
... Jean - Claude had spent little time there , preferring the se- clusion of his beach house or his ranch or his mountain villa . The palace was more important under his black - clad father ; it figured as an impressive backdrop . In 1963 ...
Page 159
... Jean- Claude , they remember . Now Jean - Claude lives in another country far away , with the French and his mulatto wife . Jean - Claude is gone . Do the peasants still need to obey the houngan ? Houngan Macoute . The houngan was a ...
... Jean- Claude , they remember . Now Jean - Claude lives in another country far away , with the French and his mulatto wife . Jean - Claude is gone . Do the peasants still need to obey the houngan ? Houngan Macoute . The houngan was a ...
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... Jean - Pierre , 247 , 248-49 brigades de vigilance ( neighborhood vigilance committees ) , 301-2 , 304-5 , 309 , 315 ... Claude , Daniel C. , 73 , 198 Claude , Sylvio , 131 , 206 , 239 , 294 , 295 , 299 , 300 , 318 , 328 , 334 clothing ...
... Jean - Pierre , 247 , 248-49 brigades de vigilance ( neighborhood vigilance committees ) , 301-2 , 304-5 , 309 , 315 ... Claude , Daniel C. , 73 , 198 Claude , Sylvio , 131 , 206 , 239 , 294 , 295 , 299 , 300 , 318 , 328 , 334 clothing ...
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