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 315
... bidonville- a line of people had formed at the polling place . At some intersec- tions , the barricades of the vigilance brigades were still burning . Armed men had come into Raboteau the night before and shot at the shanties of ...
... bidonville- a line of people had formed at the polling place . At some intersec- tions , the barricades of the vigilance brigades were still burning . Armed men had come into Raboteau the night before and shot at the shanties of ...
Page 357
... bidonville where the General was greeted by his supporters , among them Gwo Schiller , wearing an open - necked shirt to show off his medallion . The President shook Schiller's hand , and someone snapped a picture . In the background a ...
... bidonville where the General was greeted by his supporters , among them Gwo Schiller , wearing an open - necked shirt to show off his medallion . The President shook Schiller's hand , and someone snapped a picture . In the background a ...
Page 391
... bidonvilles , I heard . But when you recalled that the attackers at St. - Jean - Bosco were from the bidonvilles , paid in rum and chump change , this thought was not comforting . I had begun to think that it was money to buy men and ...
... bidonvilles , I heard . But when you recalled that the attackers at St. - Jean - Bosco were from the bidonvilles , paid in rum and chump change , this thought was not comforting . I had begun to think that it was money to buy men and ...
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