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by B. Seabrook, Alexander King. 336 pgs.

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Contributors:

   B. Seabrook, Alexander King

Publisher:

   Harcourt, Brace

Place of Publication:

  New York  

Publication Year:

  1929
Subjects:   Voodooism, Witchcraft--Haiti, Blacks--Haiti, Haiti--Social Life And Customs
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books on: (Voodooism) OR (Witchcraft Haiti) OR (Blacks Haiti) OR (Haiti Social Life And Customs)  - 6339 results

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The Magic Island
Book by B. Seabrook, Alexander King; Harcourt, Brace, 1929
Subjects: Blacks--Haiti, Haiti--Social Life And Customs, Voodooism, Witchcraft--Haiti
...made her a sibyl or a shedevil, but the social herd in Port-au-Prince, as at home...this only, I think, that I came to Haiti. I would give anything in the world to see it. I would risk my life, do you understand! -- except that...find themselves in strange company in Haiti, both celestial and mortal. The Catholic...is an intimate vital element of daily life. On the floor beside the altar was...urban Port-au-Prince and Americanized Haiti was concerned, I might have been on...In general, this mountain-inclosed life went on as if no Port-au-Prince existed...
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Red, Black, Blond, and Olive: Studies in Four Civilizations: Zuni, Haiti, Soviet Russia, Israel
Book by Edmund Wilson; W.H. Allen, 1956
Subjects: Haiti--Social Life And Customs, Israel--Social Life And Customs, Soviet Union--Social Life And Customs, Zuni Indians
...sections -- those on Zuni and Haiti -- I have indicated by putting...charge that he was practicing witchcraft, and he was only allowed to...like John Collier, once a social worker in big cities, finds in Indian life a "wholeness" and a harmony...
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Culture and Customs of Haiti
Book by J. Michael Dash; Greenwood Press, 2001
Subjects: Ethnology--Haiti, Haiti--Social Life And Customs
...Dominican Republic is distinct from Haiti. The literacy rate, life expectancy, and other social indicators compare unfavorably with...whether its politics should be socialist or fascist, and, most important...the mass of the rural population, life in the remote interior continued as before. The occupation left Haiti in the hands of the mulatto elite...understood that any radical change in Haiti must involve the transformation...into politically conscious agents of social change. For many observ- ers, the...This uncomplaining acceptance of life, routine, and fate seems to be...
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Song of Haiti: The Lives of Dr. Larimer and Gwen Mellon at Albert Schweitzer Hospital of Deschapelles
Book by Barry Paris; PublicAffairs, 2000
Subjects: H?Opital Albert Schweitzer, Medicine--Haiti--History, Mellon, Gwen Grant, Mellon, William Larimer--1910-, Physicians--Haiti--Biography
...refused to recognize Haiti until 1862, when the island...married and settled into the social life and philanthropic prominence...were invited as well. The social scene was more active in...way to see people. Your life was where you worked and...
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Rara! Vodou, Power, and Performance in Haiti and Its Diaspora
Book by Elizabeth McAlister; University of California Press, 2002
Subjects: Folk Music--Haiti--History And Criticism, Folk Songs, Creole--Haiti--History And Criticism, Rara Festival--Songs And Music--History And Criticism, Voodoo Music--Haiti--History And Criticism
...General Endowment Fund of the Associates of the University of California Press. Rara! Vodou, Power, and Performance in Haiti and Its Diaspora Elizabeth McAlister University of California Press Berkeley Los Angeles London University of California...
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La Melodie Vaudoo-Voodoo Art Songs: The Genesis of a Nationalist Music in the Republic of Haiti
Journal article by Robert Grenier; Black Music Research Journal, Vol. 21, 2001
Subjects: Manhattan School of Music--Research, Voodooism--Social aspects
...Bryan, who, when he was briefed on the Haiti occupation by an officer of the National...inadequate, given their newly defined social status. Lassegues essay was not the...musical talent was recognized early in life, resulting in his being sent from Port-au-Prince...society held for the future cultural life of Haiti. (Durand 1977, 1-6 includes vignettes...in his giving the popular melodies of Haiti "all the necessary attributes for life and universality." He applauds Jaegerhuber...
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Complexities of Imagining Haiti: A Study of National Constitutions, 1801-1807
Journal article by Julia Gaffield; Journal of Social History, Vol. 41, 2007
Subjects: Constitutions--Haiti, Constitutions--History, Haiti--History, Haiti--Political aspects, Henri Christophe, King of Haiti--Powers and duties
Complexities of Imagining Haiti: A Study of National Constitutions, 1801-1807. by Julia Gaffield The first four national constitutions in Haiti (1801-1807) reflect a complex and contested dialogue among different factions, each trying to...
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The Response of the African American Press to the United States Occupation of Haiti, 1915-1934
Journal article by Henry Lewis Suggs; The Journal of African American History, 2002
Subjects: African American press--Criticism, interpretation, etc., African American press--History, Associated Negro Press--History, Haiti--History, Harding, Warren G., Military occupation--History, Military occupation--Media coverage, Press and politics--Evaluation, Roosevelt, Franklin D., United States--History, Wilson, Woodrow
...Press to the United States Occupation of Haiti, 1915-1934. by Henry Lewis Suggs...Controls Own Army," "Last of Marines Leave Haiti," Courier, Aug. 18, 25, 1934; for a...Roi Ottley; The Lonely Warrior: The Life and Titnes of Robert S. Abbott (Chicago...
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The Ways and Nature of the Zombi
Journal article by Hans W. Ackermann, Jeanine Gauthier; Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 104, 1991
Subjects: Manners And Customs, United States--Social Life And Customs
...Homelessness: Issues and Findings. Social Work 32:411-416. Beidelman, T...Notes on Cannibalism and Zombis in Haiti". Journal of American Folklore...1960 . "The Drum and the Hoe: Life and Lore of the Haitian People...Press. ------. 1975 1937 . Life in a Haitian Valley . New York...Native Myths and Magic in Jamaica and Haiti . London: J. M. Dent. Huxley...Krige, Eileen Jensen. 1962 . The Social System of the Zulus . Pietermaritzburg...P. 1945 . The Story of Zombi in Haiti. Man 45:38-40. ------. 1947...Max G. 1965 . "Sorcery in its Social Setting: A Study on the Northern Rhodesian...
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Like a Tree Planted by the Water the Musical Cycle in the African-American Baptist Ritual
Journal article by Walter Pitts; Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 104, 1991
Subjects: Folklore, Folklore--United States, Manners And Customs, United States--Social Life And Customs
...its way to frame one. With the worsening of economic and social conditions in the cities, Thomas Dorsey continued Tindleys...culture of the African maroon settlements in colonial Haiti, where many European religious forms were deliberately...Blassingame, John. 1979 . Slave Community: Plantation Life in the Antebellum South . New York: Oxford University...John Benjamin. Herskovits, Melville J. 1937 . Life in a Haitian Valley . New York: Alfred A. Knopf...Michel. 1980 . "Bizango: A Voodoo Secret Society in Haiti". In Secrecy , ed. Stanton K. Tefft , pp. 147-158...Somebodys Calling My Name: Black Sacred Music and Social Change . Valley Forge, Pa.: Judson. Waterman, Richard...
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Haiti Matters!
Magazine article by Charles Mccollester; Monthly Review, Vol. 56, September 2004
Subjects: Aristide, Jean-Bertrand--Political activity, Aristide, Jean-Bertrand--Powers and duties, Haiti--Economic aspects, Haiti--Political aspects, Presidents (Government)--Political activity, Presidents (Government)--Powers and duties, Presidents--Political activity, Presidents--Powers and duties
...friend we ever had; got to get back on the Peace Train." He talks about 200 years without respect. It is way past due for Haiti; justice, too. "Justice! For all our friends and neighbors; Justice for people we dont even know." Haiti Matters Recent...
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Haiti, an Eye Opener
Magazine article by James Weldon Johnson; New African, May 2004
Subjects: Haiti--History, Haiti--Social aspects, Haitian foreign relations, Johnson, James Weldon--Speeches, lectures and essays
...Haiti, but merely furnished the awaited opportunity. Since 28 July 1915, American military forces have been in control of Haiti. amp;#91;Remember Johnson was writing in August 1920 amp;#93;. These forces have been increased until there are now somewhere...
3.
Savages
Magazine article by Erik Von Kuehnelt-Leddihn; National Review, Vol. 38, April 11, 1986
Subjects: Haiti--Public opinion, Witchcraft--International aspects
...GLAD to hear that the Duvalier regime had ended. I know Haiti quite well, having been there three times under Papa Doc...because I am very much interested in human psychology and in witchcraft. Though Papa Doc, alias Francois Duvalier, had a U.S...
4.
Exorcising Haiti
Magazine article by Selden Rodman; National Review, Vol. 38, April 25, 1986
Subjects: Duvalier, Jean-Claude--Evaluation, Government resistance--Haiti, Government, Resistance to--Haiti, Haiti--History, Race relations--Haiti, Revolutions--Haiti
Exorcising Haiti. by Selden Rodman...President Magloire returned to Haiti March 4. When Daniel Fignole...demonstrations could become a way of life. SO MUCH for the short...French-educated mulattoes who ruled Haiti (as Presidents-for-Life) for the next 37 years...
5.
After Baby Doc: Haiti Today
Magazine article by Helen Conway; Contemporary Review, Vol. 273, August 1998
Subjects: Colonies--Economic aspects, Haiti--Politics and government
After Baby Doc: Haiti today by Helen Conway When Columbus landed on Hispaniola, he thought he had discovered paradise on earth. Clear rivers forged their way down the dramatic mountainsides, plunging through rocks, past the rich, green...
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Marines Go to Haiti for Training after Political Slayings
Newspaper article by Ben Barber; The Washington Times, August 22, 1996
Subjects: Haiti
Marines go to Haiti for training after political slayings by Ben Barber About 50 U.S. Marines landed in Haiti yesterday after escalating violence left two right-wing politicians dead Tuesday. U.S. officials said the seven-to-10-day...
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Security Agents Rushed to Haiti: U.S. Force Sent to Protect Preval
Newspaper article by Ben Barber; The Washington Times, September 14, 1996
Subjects: Aristide, Jean-Bertrand, Haiti, Preval, Rene
Security agents rushed to Haiti: U.S. force sent to protect Preval by Ben Barber The United States has reportedly dispatched a crack team of special security agents to Haiti to help protect President Rene Preval amid rising political...
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Your LIFE: I DO VOODOO; ROSS HEAVEN WAS SO INTRIGUED BY SHAMANS THAT HE UNDERWENT THE HELL OF A GRUELLING INITIATION RITUAL IN HAITI..
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), February 9, 2007
...Priestess Mambo Racine, he finally went to Haiti - the birthplace of voodoo. His initiation...spells and charms. Ross says: "Similar to witchcraft, I can bind a man to a woman, heal a sick...Shaman Ross Heaven; THATS THE SPIRIT: In Haiti with a shaman
4.
Blacks Robbed of Their Place in History
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 30, 2007
...Wilberforce deserves credit. But little is mentioned about how black people fought continually for their freedom - in Jamaica, Haiti and America. My schoolbooks spent several paragraphs explaining slavery and we could see other children thinking your ancestors...
5.
Blacks Slam Immigration Bias; Leaders Say Hispanics Given Preferential Treatment
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 4, 2006
Subjects: African Americans
...people from countries with largely African-descended populations, such as Jamaica and the Dominican Republic. "Weve told Haiti that their development strategy cannot be to send people to the United States, and if you put them on a boat we will send...
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Haiti
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HAITI ha te, Fr. Haiti aete , officially Republic of Haiti, republic (2005 est. pop. 8,122,000), 10,700 sq mi (27,713 sq km), West Indies, on the western third of the island of Hispaniola. It is bounded on the north by the Atlantic Ocean, on the south...
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Phips, Sir William
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...recovered (1687) some 300,000 worth of Spanish gold off Haiti. His fortune made, he was knighted and became provost...Increase Mather and took office in 1692. In the great witchcraft mania, he appointed a commission to try those accused...
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Jamaica
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...West Indies, S of Cuba and W of Haiti. Jamaica is the largest island in...parties. The PNP continued to promote socialist policies, nationalizing businesses...1976); E. H. Stephens, Democratic Socialism in Jamaica (1986); R. E. Looney...
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United States
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...ill-defined mission; he also sent troops to Haiti to help in reestablishing democratic rule...French, and Canadian forces were sent into Haiti to preserve order. Haitian president Jean-Bertrand...the capital. U.S. forces withdrew from Haiti in June when Brazil assumed command of...
5.
Douglass, Frederick
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...deeds for the same district (1881 86), and minister to Haiti (1889 91). Life and Times of Frederick Douglass (1962) is a revised...Fuller, A Star Pointed North (1946); P. S. Foner, ed., Life and Writings of Frederick Douglass (4 vol., 1950 55...
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