Jan Lundius is a research officer at the Department for Research Cooperation, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SAREC/SIDA), Stockholm. He has worked as a consultant for several UN agencies.Mats Lundahl is Professor of Development Economics at the Stockholm School of Economics. His previous publications with Routledge include New Directions in Development Economics (1996), Economic Crisis in Africa (1993), Markets or Politics? Essays on Haitian Underdevelopment (1992) and Agrarian Society in History (1990).

• Chapter 1 Introduction; Part 1 The events; Chapter 2 Olivorio Mateo; Chapter 3 Interlude; Chapter 4 Palma Sola; Part 2 The myth; Chapter 5 Olivorista lore; Part III The causes; Chapter 6 Popular religion in the Dominican Republic and its influence on Olivorismo; Chapter 7 Economic and political change in the San Juan Valley, 1503–1922; Chapter 8 A new era; Chapter 9 Justifying a massacre; Part 4 The wider context; Chapter 10 Prophets, messiahs and gods; Chapter 11 Conclusion; Chapter 12 Epilogue 1963–90;

Jan Lundius is a research officer at the Department for Research Cooperation, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SAREC/SIDA), Stockholm. He has worked as a consultant for several UN agencies.Mats Lundahl is Professor of Development Economics at the Stockholm School of Economics. His previous publications with Routledge include New Directions in Development Economics (1996), Economic Crisis in Africa (1993), Markets or Politics? Essays on Haitian Underdevelopment (1992) and Agrarian Society in History (1990).

• Chapter 1 Introduction; Part 1 The events; Chapter 2 Olivorio Mateo; Chapter 3 Interlude; Chapter 4 Palma Sola; Part 2 The myth; Chapter 5 Olivorista lore; Part III The causes; Chapter 6 Popular religion in the Dominican Republic and its influence on Olivorismo; Chapter 7 Economic and political change in the San Juan Valley, 1503–1922; Chapter 8 A new era; Chapter 9 Justifying a massacre; Part 4 The wider context; Chapter 10 Prophets, messiahs and gods; Chapter 11 Conclusion; Chapter 12 Epilogue 1963–90;

Jan Lundius is a research officer at the Department for Research Cooperation, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SAREC/SIDA), Stockholm. He has worked as a consultant for several UN agencies.Mats Lundahl is Professor of Development Economics at the Stockholm School of Economics. His previous publications with Routledge include New Directions in Development Economics (1996), Economic Crisis in Africa (1993), Markets or Politics? Essays on Haitian Underdevelopment (1992) and Agrarian Society in History (1990).

• Chapter 1 Introduction; Part 1 The events; Chapter 2 Olivorio Mateo; Chapter 3 Interlude; Chapter 4 Palma Sola; Part 2 The myth; Chapter 5 Olivorista lore; Part III The causes; Chapter 6 Popular religion in the Dominican Republic and its influence on Olivorismo; Chapter 7 Economic and political change in the San Juan Valley, 1503–1922; Chapter 8 A new era; Chapter 9 Justifying a massacre; Part 4 The wider context; Chapter 10 Prophets, messiahs and gods; Chapter 11 Conclusion; Chapter 12 Epilogue 1963–90;