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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Page 80
... Protestants come to Baron's cross , too , to proselytize . A Protestant minister was there next to the cross one morning , in black suit and tie like all Haitian Protestant ministers and their sons , reciting the gospel in a loud voice ...
... Protestants come to Baron's cross , too , to proselytize . A Protestant minister was there next to the cross one morning , in black suit and tie like all Haitian Protestant ministers and their sons , reciting the gospel in a loud voice ...
Page 157
... Protestant pastor in the village recruited Dieumerci into his congregation , and Dieumerci hopes that the Protestant god will do better by him than the spirits have done . There are white people , missionaries , at the Protestant church ...
... Protestant pastor in the village recruited Dieumerci into his congregation , and Dieumerci hopes that the Protestant god will do better by him than the spirits have done . There are white people , missionaries , at the Protestant church ...
Page 186
... Protestant influence , she said . Too many people had gone over to the new religion , and now there were Mormons , she had heard , whatever that was , and a new school down the road , built by the Salvation Army . Lame di sali , in ...
... Protestant influence , she said . Too many people had gone over to the new religion , and now there were Mormons , she had heard , whatever that was , and a new school down the road , built by the Salvation Army . Lame di sali , in ...
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