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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Joachim knows he can plant beans and millet and other crops in among 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
...
Joachim knows he can plant beans and millet and other crops in among 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
...
Page 277
When you feel this rare pastoral peace, and watch the dedicated nursery workers
laboring over the little trees, you think that here — maybe just in this one place —
nature might for once provide. When you see a sloping hillside nearby planted ...
When you feel this rare pastoral peace, and watch the dedicated nursery workers
laboring over the little trees, you think that here — maybe just in this one place —
nature might for once provide. When you see a sloping hillside nearby planted ...
Page 281
"The objections to tree planting are general ones, as related to Rick Scott [a
CARE agroforestry administrator] by the priest [one of the progressive priests in
the Northwest] . It is claimed that trees dry out the soil and that farmers should be
...
"The objections to tree planting are general ones, as related to Rick Scott [a
CARE agroforestry administrator] by the priest [one of the progressive priests in
the Northwest] . It is claimed that trees dry out the soil and that farmers should be
...
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| Title | The rainy season: Haiti since Duvalier |
| 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 Political Science / General Social Science / Sociology / General |
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