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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... town . Everyone was worried about Aristide's little boys . The most articulate kids had been interviewed on the ... town , visit his mother at the Cap . But in his new shirt and pants Waldeck wanted to do anything but lie low . He was ...
... town . Everyone was worried about Aristide's little boys . The most articulate kids had been interviewed on the ... town , visit his mother at the Cap . But in his new shirt and pants Waldeck wanted to do anything but lie low . He was ...
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... town , each one under the power of a single man . Sometimes a cart hauler may carry as many as twenty bags on his cart , dropping each one off at a different spot in town . He is given his route orally , and remembers it by heart ...
... town , each one under the power of a single man . Sometimes a cart hauler may carry as many as twenty bags on his cart , dropping each one off at a different spot in town . He is given his route orally , and remembers it by heart ...
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... town after Aristide made his triumphant reappearance at the ca- thedral . Every once in a while , during the summer of protests , the opposition would call for a tenèb , and downtown all traffic would come to a halt for ten minutes ...
... town after Aristide made his triumphant reappearance at the ca- thedral . Every once in a while , during the summer of protests , the opposition would call for a tenèb , and downtown all traffic would come to a halt for ten minutes ...
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