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 55
... laughed . " Well , let's say this : We've been trying for a long time to figure out the best way to send away this government . Officially , my friends and I can't say that we've been organizing against the government , because we are ...
... laughed . " Well , let's say this : We've been trying for a long time to figure out the best way to send away this government . Officially , my friends and I can't say that we've been organizing against the government , because we are ...
Page 240
... laughed . " No radio . " Now , through books , the Church , his followers , he reaches more and more people every day , perhaps not always in the purest form , but at any rate , he reaches them . So that is certainly resurrection . The ...
... laughed . " No radio . " Now , through books , the Church , his followers , he reaches more and more people every day , perhaps not always in the purest form , but at any rate , he reaches them . So that is certainly resurrection . The ...
Page 318
... laughed . " Don't worry . They're just trying to scare us , " said one woman . Inside the polling place , people were choosing their candidates . There was nothing secret about the vote , because the people could neither read the ...
... laughed . " Don't worry . They're just trying to scare us , " said one woman . Inside the polling place , people were choosing their candidates . There was nothing secret about the vote , because the people could neither read the ...
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