While Haiti established the second independent nation in the Western Hemisphere and was the first black country to gain independence from European colonizers, its history is not well known in the Anglophone world. <I>The Haiti Reader</I> introduces readers to Haiti''s dynamic history and culture from the viewpoint of Haitians from all walks of life. Its dozens of selections—most of which appear here in English for the first time—are representative of Haiti''s scholarly, literary, religious, visual, musical, and political cultures, and range from poems, novels, and political tracts to essays, legislation, songs, and folk tales. Spanning the centuries between precontact indigenous Haiti and the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake, the <I>Reader</I> covers widely known episodes in Haiti''s history, such as the U.S. military occupation and the Duvalier dictatorship, as well as overlooked periods such as the decades immediately following Haiti''s “second independence” i
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All the leading cases, illuminated by Horsey & Rackley''s trademark clear and lively commentary.The essential companion for undergraduate tort law students, providing a comprehensive portable library of leading tort cases. Horsey & Rackley...
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In his book Haiti, Bruce Gilden opens our eyes to this fascinating and ultimately tragic country.
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Isolation led inevitably to involution, to the exploitation of Haitians by Haitians, and to cycles of despotic rule which, in part, explain Haiti's unenviable present condition as one of the least developed nations of the Western Hemisphere.
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