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In the aftermath of January's horrific earthquake, the world's attention is focused on Haiti. In this full narrative history of the Caribbean nation, historian Philippe Girard offers insight into Haiti's complex and layered past, showing that its ...

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The 10th installment in the bestselling Nathan Hales Hazardous Tales series tells the story of the Haitian Revolution and the Louisiana Purchase The Louisiana Purchase (1803) is today seen as one of historys greatest bargains. But why did Napoleon...

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"Jag var på intet sätt beredd på den smocka jag skulle få." Sydsvenskan "En klassisk skildring av en traumatisk del i den karibiska historien." DN Dominikanska republiken, 1937. Amabelle är tjänsteflicka hos en förmögen familj ...

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»En romanpärla alla borde få glädjen att läsa.« Yukiko Duke, Li Läser VILLE ROSE, HAITI Varje år går Claire med sin far till kyrkogården på sin födelsedag, som också är hennes mors dödsdag. Men dagen då hon fyller sju försvinner hon spårlöst från ...

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Dominikanska republiken, 1937. Amabelle är tjänsteflicka hos en förmögen familj på en sockerrörsplantage. Hon tog sig som ung över gränsen från Haiti för att få arbete, i likhet med många av sina landsmän. På gården har hon hittat en bra plats, oc...

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Leading scholar Alex Dupuy investigates themes of class, power, and gender in Haiti in the capitalist world-economyfrom independence and indemnity to the US occupation and current crisis after the assassination of President Mose. This book provide...

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Haitis state is near-collapse: armed groups have overrun the country, many government officials have fled after the 2021 assassination of President Moise, refugees desperately set out on boats to reach the US and Latin America, and the economy ree...

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A Courageous Yes When Yvrose fled her native Haiti for the United States, she couldnt imagine shed return. After suffering multiple miscarriages, she struggled to build a new life. In a desperate moment, she finally met Jesusuttering her first yes...

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In 1965, Graham Greene joined journalist Bernard Diederich in the Dominican Republic to embark on a tour of its border with Haiti, then ruled by 'Papa Doc' Duvalier. They were accompanied by an activist priest, Jean-Claude Bajeux. Diederich had kn...

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In The Black Republic, Brandon R. Byrd explores the ambivalent attitudes that African American leaders in the post-Civil War era held toward Haiti, the first and only black republic in the Western Hemisphere. Following emancipation, African Americ...

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This book questions the optimistic reading of police peacekeeping often found in both academic and policy circles. Lou Pingeot provides an in-depth study of UN intervention in Haiti to show how a single site can help to shed light on how policing ...

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The book "The Roots of Insecurity in Haiti" offers a critical examination of the nation's persistent struggles with social chaos and political anarchy. It explores how internal conflicts and political strife have led to a state of violen...

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Based on acclaimed author Zora Neale Hurston's personal experiences in Haiti and Jamaica--where she participated as an initiate rather than just an observer during her visits in the 1930s--"Tell My Horse" is a fascinating firsthand accou...

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Although modern racism was fully developed by their time,Marx (and Engels) did not engage in a theoretical discussionof its essential features. This analytical silence isinvestigated in the chapter Marx and Haiti: Notes ona Blank Space. At the sam...

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Maya Deren's famous account of the Haitian deities, practitioners, and rituals of Voudoun was written with the special insight of personal encounter. In the foreword to this book, Joseph Campbell calls Divine Horsemen "the most illuminating i...

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Bruce Gilden first journeyed to Haiti in 1984 to document the famous Mardi Gras festivities in Port au Prince. Fascinated by the country, he returned many times and his landmark monograph Haiti, a culmination of these photographs made during this ...

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Dramatic, confrontational images of a country enduring inconceivable upheaval and disaster Bruce Gilden first traveled to Haiti in 1984 for the famous Mardi Gras festivities. There he discovered an impoverished territory in the grip of numerous na...

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In the summer and fall of 1964, a massacre took place in the small town of Jrmie, Haiti. After an ill-fated uprising, the brutal regime of Franois Papa Doc Duvalier ordered reprisals against the town that some of the insurgents were allegedly from...

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There are zombies among us! From the rotting hordes of TV's The Walking Dead to the blockbuster nightmare of 28 Days Later, our popular culture is overrun with the ravenous undead. But where do these strange creatures come from? In this fascinatin...

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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. The Haiti Reader introduces reade...

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Strikingly dramatic, yet simple and unrestrained . . . an unusual and intensely interesting book richly packed with strange information.New York Times Book ReviewBased on Zora Neale Hurstons personal experiences in Haiti and Jamaica, where she par...

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A former NPR correspondent takes you into his own ghost-filled life as he reports on a region in turmoil. Gerry Hadden was training to become a Buddhist monk when opportunity came knocking: the offer of a dream job as NPR's correspondent for Latin...

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A native of Haiti, Dimitry Elias Leger makes his remarkable debut with this story of romance, politics, and religion that traces the fates of three lovers in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and the challenges they face readjusting to life after an earthqua...

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Dishy, warm, and entertaining.Kirkus Reviews ?The beloved Black pop culture icon, entrepreneur, Hollywood actress and Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star bares her life in this frank, funny, and fearless memoir about life, love and the pursuit o...

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This breathtaking debut novel has captured an armful of awards--including the Horn Book Fanfare List, Booklist Editor's Choice, and the 1993 Jane Addams Children's Book Award. Frances Temple tells the story of the fight against military dictatorsh...

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The essential terms you need to communicate with the nations 8-plus million Haitian Creole speakers if you are travelling to haiti to help with the relief effort or to aid in its rebuilding, Haitian Creole Phrasebook is your must-have resource. In...

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En este relato intimo y verdadero de una promesa cumplida, la aclamada novelista y poeta dominicana Julia Alvarez nos lleva en un viaje de experiencias que desafia la forma en que vemos la historia y como puede ser reinventada cuando los ciudadano...

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Offering rich ethnography and a deep historical perspective, After the Dance, the Drums are Heavy is about carnival, politics, and the musical engagement of ordinary citizens and celebrity musicians in contemporary Haiti.

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Offering rich ethnography and a deep historical perspective, After the Dance, the Drums are Heavy is about carnival, politics, and the musical engagement of ordinary citizens and celebrity musicians in contemporary Haiti.

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Richly ethnographic and a compelling read, After the Dance, the Drums Are Heavy is a study of carnival, politics, and the musical engagement of ordinary citizens and celebrity musicians in contemporary Haiti. The book explores how the self-declare...

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