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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Duvalier was raised a Catholic ; he knew voodoo mostly from his ethnological
studies and his work as a simple country doctor . But he knew it well enough to
make use of it . Perhaps Dr . Duvalier sometimes felt the power of voodoo in his
gut ...
Duvalier was raised a Catholic ; he knew voodoo mostly from his ethnological
studies and his work as a simple country doctor . But he knew it well enough to
make use of it . Perhaps Dr . Duvalier sometimes felt the power of voodoo in his
gut ...
Page 310
Haiti Since Duvalier Amy Wilentz. was the only way the peasants knew the
presidential candidates , if they knew them at all . They know voices ; this is one
reason why all democratic elections in illiterate nations are suspect . In some
countries ...
Haiti Since Duvalier Amy Wilentz. was the only way the peasants knew the
presidential candidates , if they knew them at all . They know voices ; this is one
reason why all democratic elections in illiterate nations are suspect . In some
countries ...
Page 359
Very few besides his colleagues and his superiors knew where the Little Goat
was hidden . Rumors of a coup d ' état swirled over Port - au - Prince . No one
could believe that an attack like the one that had occurred , unparalleled even in
...
Very few besides his colleagues and his superiors knew where the Little Goat
was hidden . Rumors of a coup d ' état swirled over Port - au - Prince . No one
could believe that an attack like the one that had occurred , unparalleled even 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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