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 208
... peasants , and their descendents have remained peasants . In examining how the country has been run - or not run -it is useful to think of it as France was during the period of feudalism , even if the analogy is not exact . Some peasants ...
... peasants , and their descendents have remained peasants . In examining how the country has been run - or not run -it is useful to think of it as France was during the period of feudalism , even if the analogy is not exact . Some peasants ...
Page 267
... peasants with more than three carreaux , peasants already doing well enough to dedicate a portion of their land to a solely cash crop - big peasants and middle peasants . The big peasants are usually families who have had large tracts ...
... peasants with more than three carreaux , peasants already doing well enough to dedicate a portion of their land to a solely cash crop - big peasants and middle peasants . The big peasants are usually families who have had large tracts ...
Page 268
... peasants , which included their appropriation of benefits from foreign aid . The massacre at Jean - Rabel occurred after attempts by such peasant groups to retake land they felt was theirs . The first targets of protests like these were ...
... peasants , which included their appropriation of benefits from foreign aid . The massacre at Jean - Rabel occurred after attempts by such peasant groups to retake land they felt was theirs . The first targets of protests like these were ...
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