Paradise Lost: Haiti's Tumultuous Journey from Pearl of the Caribbean to Third World HotspotSpringer, 13.12.2005 - 230 sivua Why has Haiti been plagued by so many woes? Why has the United States felt a need to repeatedly intervene in Haiti's affairs? Why have multiple U.S. efforts to create a stable democracy in Haiti failed so spectacularly? Philippe Girard answers these and other questions in Paradise Lost . He examines how colonialism and slavery have left a legacy of racial tension, both within Haiti and internationally, as Haitians remain deeply suspicious of white foreigners' motives, many of whom doubt Haitians' ability to govern themselves. He also examines how Haiti's current political instability is merely a continuation of two hundred years of political strife that began during the War of Independence (1791-1804). Finally, Girard explores poverty's devastating impact on contemporary Haiti. This book is different from others in the field, arguing that Haitians - particularly home-grown dictators - bear a big share of the responsibility for their nation's troubles. In addressing the current situation in Haiti by looking to the nation's tumultuous past, Paradise Lost is timely and potentially controversial. |
Kirjan sisältä
Tulokset 1 - 5 kokonaismäärästä 85
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... Haitian soil. Haiti's culture—the strange Voodoo cult, the colorful paintings, the imaginative Creole tales—is the ... political score can mean burning someone to death, or hacking a body with machetes. What little foreigners know of Haiti ...
... Haitian soil. Haiti's culture—the strange Voodoo cult, the colorful paintings, the imaginative Creole tales—is the ... political score can mean burning someone to death, or hacking a body with machetes. What little foreigners know of Haiti ...
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... Haitian history, but poverty has not. Haiti's descent into the abyss of underdevelopment is a historical phenomenon ... politics, underpin Haitian society, as they have for all of the country's independent, and even colonial, history ...
... Haitian history, but poverty has not. Haiti's descent into the abyss of underdevelopment is a historical phenomenon ... politics, underpin Haitian society, as they have for all of the country's independent, and even colonial, history ...
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... Haiti's foreign relations. A sense of racial kinship is the basis for the strong bonds between Haitian politicians and black American Congressmen (for this reason, Haiti fares better when Democrats, with their large African American ...
... Haiti's foreign relations. A sense of racial kinship is the basis for the strong bonds between Haitian politicians and black American Congressmen (for this reason, Haiti fares better when Democrats, with their large African American ...
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... government; they consider themselves lucky if they escape its greedy grasp. Haitian peasants sometimes call their country the Republic of Port-au-Prince, as if the capital were a closed world devoted to political ambition, at the ...
... government; they consider themselves lucky if they escape its greedy grasp. Haitian peasants sometimes call their country the Republic of Port-au-Prince, as if the capital were a closed world devoted to political ambition, at the ...
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... politicians frequently use theories on the colonial legacy as an excuse to justify their own inability to implement development policies. In 2003, after ruling Haiti ... Haitian exiles, and a six-hundred-pound political gorilla whose support ...
... politicians frequently use theories on the colonial legacy as an excuse to justify their own inability to implement development policies. In 2003, after ruling Haiti ... Haitian exiles, and a six-hundred-pound political gorilla whose support ...
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The Haitian Revolution 17911804 | 35 |
Haiti after Independence 18041915 | 55 |
Haiti during the First US Occupation 19151934 | 76 |
The Duvaliers Black Revolution 19571986 | 92 |
Aristides Rise to Power 19881991 | 110 |
Haitian Boat People October 1991October 1993 | 128 |
The Second Aristide Presidency October 1994February 1996 | 156 |
The Préval Presidency 19962001 | 170 |
The Third Aristide Presidency 20012004 | 182 |
Is There Any Hope for Haiti? | 200 |
Where Are They Now? | 214 |
Notes | 217 |
Bibliography | 221 |
Index | 223 |
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African Aristide’s Bébé Doc became boat cacos Cap Haïtien capital Caribbean Cédras Cédras’s century chimères Christophe Clinton colonial country’s coup Creole Creole pigs democratic Dessalines Doc’s Dominican Republic Duvalier Duvalierist economic election embargo European exile financed force foreign aid former France France’s François Duvalier FRAPH French funds genocide Gonaïves Haiti Haitian American Haitian army Haitian politics Harlan County hope hundred independence invaded island Jacmel Jean-Bertrand Aristide junta killed labor Lafanmi Lavalas Lafontant land later Lavalas leaders lives Louverture Louverture’s Macoutes military million mulatto murder never noiriste October officers Papa Doc peasants Péralte percent Pétion plantations poor popular population Port-au-Prince president presidential palace Préval priest racial racism Raoul Cédras refugee regime remained restavek revolution rule rumor Saint-Domingue slavery soldiers Soulouque Spanish Sténio Vincent sugar supporters Tainos thousand tion took trade troops U.S. invasion U.S. occupation United victims Voodoo white planters