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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... trees , but he worries about rain . " Trees need so much water , and there is so little of it these days , " he says . " I'm afraid that if I plant the trees and there isn't enough rain , then nothing at all will grow , because the ...
... trees , but he worries about rain . " Trees need so much water , and there is so little of it these days , " he says . " I'm afraid that if I plant the trees and there isn't enough rain , then nothing at all will grow , because the ...
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... trees , and beans among them , you begin to think maybe this is the foreign - aid project that can work , maybe it ... trees were being planted in order to sap the ground of the few nutrients left in it . ( In fact the trees help create ...
... trees , and beans among them , you begin to think maybe this is the foreign - aid project that can work , maybe it ... trees were being planted in order to sap the ground of the few nutrients left in it . ( In fact the trees help create ...
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... trees dry out the soil and that farmers should be planting crops , not trees . Trees reduce the area of agricultural land . . . . The local priests are convinced that there is an ' American Plan , ' whereby the farmers are enrolled to plant ...
... trees dry out the soil and that farmers should be planting crops , not trees . Trees reduce the area of agricultural land . . . . The local priests are convinced that there is an ' American Plan , ' whereby the farmers are enrolled to plant ...
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