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 77
... hundreds of Haitian lives . La Citadelle commanded a view of the valley and all surround- ing mountain passageways , and even after several powerful earth- quakes it still stands . But for more than a hundred years no white man came to ...
... hundreds of Haitian lives . La Citadelle commanded a view of the valley and all surround- ing mountain passageways , and even after several powerful earth- quakes it still stands . But for more than a hundred years no white man came to ...
Page 263
... hundred Cacos came down from the Plateau - Central to Source Matelas near Cabaret - later Duvalier- ville - and from this encampment thirty kilometers outside the capital began their attempt to overthrow the occupation's puppet ...
... hundred Cacos came down from the Plateau - Central to Source Matelas near Cabaret - later Duvalier- ville - and from this encampment thirty kilometers outside the capital began their attempt to overthrow the occupation's puppet ...
Page 347
... hundred or so faithful were wearing white . Latecomers , of whom there were usu- ally about a hundred , were scared away by a crowd they had seen coming down Grande Rue . A friend of Aristide's who had attended the six - o'clock Sunday ...
... hundred or so faithful were wearing white . Latecomers , of whom there were usu- ally about a hundred , were scared away by a crowd they had seen coming down Grande Rue . A friend of Aristide's who had attended the six - o'clock Sunday ...
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