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The United States Occupation of Haiti, 1915-1934

Book by Hans Schmidt; Rutgers University Press, 1995

Subjects:

Haiti--History--American Occupation, 1915-1934

Collections: History, Entire Library

"A good history of a sordid intervention that submitted a people to autocratic rule and did little for economic development." --The New York Times "From Schmidt we get the full details . . . of the brutal racist practices inflicted on the Haitians for nearly all of the nineteen-year American ...
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"A good history of a sordid intervention that submitted a people to autocratic rule and did little for economic development." --The New York Times "From Schmidt we get the full details . . . of the brutal racist practices inflicted on the Haitians for nearly all of the nineteen-year American presence in the country." --American Historical Review "The only thoroughgoing study of one of the more discreditable American interventions overseas." --Journal of Interdisciplinary History "Should become the standard work on the subject. . . .required reading for specialists in Caribbean studies and U.S.-Latin American relations." --Choice Hans Schmidt taught form many years at the State University of New York at New Paltz. He now teaches at the University of Hong Kong.
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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

Collections: Entire Library

Paris tells the story of Larry and Gwen Mellon and the passion that inspired them to leave behind a world of almost unfathomable luxury to devote their lives to the practice of medicine amongst the poorest of the poor. of photos.
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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

Collections: History, Entire Library

...recorded history, was named Haiti from the...meaning land of mountains...change for Haiti, which was...COLONIAL HISTORY The legendary wealth of the French...interests in Haiti. Given Haitis history, it seems...little trace of resentment...
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Beneath Tropic Seas: A Record of Diving among the Coral Reefs of Haiti

Book by William Beebe; G.P. Putnams Sons, 1928

Subjects:

Birds--Haiti, Deep Diving, Haiti--Description And Travel, Marine Animals--Haiti, Scientific Expeditions

Collections: Entire Library

...the sea during this winter in Haiti. In the course of three hundred odd strolls, one...had dived deep beneath the waters of Haiti; I had climbed her mountains...the great lizard-eating cuckoo of Haiti and in his pursuit of saurians...
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A History of the Monroe Doctrine

Book by Dexter Perkins; Little, Brown, 1955

Subjects:

Monroe Doctrine

Collections: History, Entire Library

A HISTORY OF THE MONROE DOCTRINE A History of the MONROE DOCTRINE A New Edition of the book originally published under the title HANDS OFF : A History of the Monroe Doctrine by DEXTER PERKINS Little, Brown...

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Vodou: Vision and Voices of Haiti

Journal article by D. Rush; African Arts, Vol. 39, 2006

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Vodou: Vision and Voices of Haiti (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Entire Library

...there. Following Galembos preface and acknowledgements, Gerdes Fleurants introduction presents a well-written, concise history of Haiti and the vital role Vodou plays in Haitian life. He summarizes the most critical events surrounding the Haitian Revolution...
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The Franco-african Peoples of Haiti and Louisiana

Journal article by Gwendolyn Midlo Hall; Southern Quarterly, Vol. 44, 2007

Subjects:

Folklore, Haiti, Human trafficking, Independence movements, Language, Louisiana, Rural areas, Slave trade, Slavery

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

...by the slave revolt in Saint-Domingue/Haiti as well as by the slaves knowledge that...read to the slaves from the Declaration of the Rights of Man.19 In 1811, the biggest slave revolt in United States history took place on the German Coast in the...
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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

Collections: History, Entire Library

...press exalted the history and culture of Haiti. The 1929 riot...The U.S. Occupation of Haiti, p. 108. Clyde H. Metcalf, History of the United States...Negro Education in Haiti," Journal of Negro History, 15, no. 4 (Oct...
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Rethinking the History of Settler Agriculture in Nineteenth-century Liberia*

Journal article by William E. Allen; The International Journal of African Historical Studies, Vol. 37, 2004

Subjects:

African history, Agriculture, Blacks, Liberia

Collections: History, Entire Library

...lazy Americo-Liberian, which has unduly influenced the history of agriculture in the nineteenth century. Finally, the paper...of slavery.20 The bloody revolt in the French colony of Haiti from 1790 to 1804, which ultimately destroyed the worlds...
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The Secret History of the Early American Novel: Leonora Sansay and Revolution in Saint Domingue

Journal article by Elizabeth Maddock Dillon; Novel, Vol. 40, 2006

Subjects:

Colonialism, Literary criticism, Novels, Politics, Sansay, Leonora, Slavery

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

...indicating a rejection of the logic of Creole nationalism. The history of this reversal is worth examining briefly insofar as it...revolution against colonial slavery that had occurred in Haiti bespeak a distinction between two structural oppositions...

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The Trials of Haiti: Why Has the US Government Abandoned a Country It Once Sought to Liberate?

Magazine article by Tracy Kidder; The Nation, Vol. 277, October 27, 2003

Subjects:

Aristide, Jean-Bertrand--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Aristide, Jean-Bertrand--Political activity, Aristide, Jean-Bertrand--Public opinion, Foreign assistance--Political aspects, Haiti--Economic aspects, Haiti--History, Haiti--Social aspects, Haitians--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Haitians--Health aspects, Haitians--Social aspects, Inter-American Development Bank--Economic aspects, Inter-American Development Bank--Political aspects, Liberation theology--Political aspects, United States foreign relations, United States. Department of State--International relations, United States. Department of State--Political activity, World Bank--Economic aspects, World Bank--Political aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...Rene Preval, and for the first time in Haitian history, a democratically elected head of state turned over power to another. Aristide ran...presidential elections, which the political opposition in Haiti also boycotted. Aristide won easily, though--and...
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Why We Won't See an American-Led Invasion of Haiti

Magazine article by Bernard D. Headley; Monthly Review, Vol. 43, February 1992

Subjects:

Haiti--Political aspects, Haitian foreign relations--United States, Morality of war--Analysis, United States, United States foreign relations--Haiti, War and morals--Analysis

Collections: Entire Library

...to be gained from a military victory in Haiti. Besides, Washington has never really had...going all the way back to before the era of the disreputable Duvaliers - with the purity...e., given the facts of Haitis political history) would be even more moot now. In fact...
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A Wretched Place on Earth: The Agony of Haiti, Unending and Worsening

Magazine article by Anthony Daniels; National Review, Vol. 56, April 5, 2004

Subjects:

Haiti--History, Haiti--Political aspects, Politics--Observations

Collections: Entire Library

...suggest. Since its birth as a result of the first truly successful slave revolt in history, Haiti has symbolized far more than just...In the preface to his eight-volume history of Haiti from 1791 to 1846, 19th-century Haitian...
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Fantasy Island: Royal Caribbean Parcels off a Piece of Haiti

Magazine article by Catherine Orenstein; The Progressive, Vol. 61, August 1997

Subjects:

Cruise lines--Haiti, Labadee, Haiti--Business and industry, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.--Foreign relations, Travel industry--Haiti

Collections: Entire Library

...tourism at all over what Haiti has now. At the very least...should make our culture, our history. the selling point of tourism. We have a unique history -- the site of a slave revolution that...else in the Caribbean, and Haiti is the source of most of...
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Haiti: The Deep Roots of Liberty; Rene Preval, the Former Ally of the Deposed President Jean Bertrand Aristide, Has Become the New President of Haiti after a Hard Struggle by the Country's Poor Who, despite Harassment, Voted Massively for Preval in the February Elections. Manne Granqvist Reports

Magazine article by Manne Granqvist; New African, April 2006

Subjects:

Haiti--Political aspects, Presidential elections--Reports, Presidents--Elections, Presidents--Reports, Preval, Rene--Elections, Preval, Rene--Political activity

Collections: Entire Library

...right he was. Throughout Haitis troubled history as an independent nation, his prophesy has echoed in the ears of those forces--also quite numerous and deep-reaching...that have wished to restore slavery in Haiti. In a country severely divided by skin...

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The Case of Haiti

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, February 9, 1996

Subjects:

Haiti, Preval, Rene

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...elected president to another in the countrys history. That has to count for something. Nothing...about democracys long-term prognosis in Haiti. Mr. Preval was elected overwhelmingly, but only little more than a quarter of eligible voters cast their ballot. Behind...
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National Day of the Republic of Haiti

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, January 1, 2008

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...of Haiti. THE Republic of Haiti celebrates its 203rd Independence day today. The Philippines shares with Haiti a common history of struggle against poverty and authoritarianism. About 95 percent of Haitis 6.75 million people are descendants...
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Clear-Eyed Tales of Haiti, the Legacy of Its Violence

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 11, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...immediate importance, and not just because Haiti is once again in the news. Every day television...on civilian populations. Every eruption of violence is followed by an aftermath when...their perpetrators hunted down. Haitis history is uniquely its own, but the tortures and...
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Leaning over; America's History of Nation-Building

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, February 17, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Leaning over; Americas History of Nation-Building...two abject failures, Haiti and Somalia; Bosnia...without security." Haiti had greater unity of command, but the level of interest in Washington...planned to remain in Haiti long enough to reconstruct...
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LOCAL HISTORY: Cape Cod and the Man of God - from Droitwich; CHRIS UPTON Continues the Story of Edward Winslow and His Journey to New England aboard the Mayflower

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), February 23, 2008

Subjects:

Winslow, Edward

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...western design" was a naval expedition to capture Hispaniola (today called Haiti and the Dominican Republic) from the Spanish. Early in 1655 Winslow was chosen as one of three commissioners or advisers to accompany the expedition (under Generals...

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Haiti

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...with the president. Haiti has a bicameral legislature...and a 99-seat Chamber of Deputies, whose members...into 10 departments. History Early History to Independence The island of Hispaniola was inhabited...the Arawaks, who gave Haiti ("land of mountains...
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Dominican Republic

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...History History to the Twentieth Century The history of the country has been unusually turbulent and has been closely linked with that of the neighboring republic of Haiti . After Spain by the Treaty of Basel (1795) ceded the...
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Duvalier, FranÇois

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...life" in 1964. His regime, the longest in Haitis history, was a brutal reign of terror; political opponents were summarily executed...Tonton Macoutes . Under Duvalier, the economy of Haiti continued to deteriorate, and the illiteracy rate...
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Jamaica

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Jamaica, West Indies, S of Cuba and W of Haiti. Jamaica is the largest island in the Caribbean...underlain by subterranean rivers. The heart of the plateau, known as the Cockpits, is...country is divided into 14 parishes. History History to Independence Sighted...
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United States

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...of the worst race riots in recent U.S. history erupted in Los Angeles, killing 58, injuring...its attention to the domestic problems of recession and high unemployment. Bushs...ill-defined mission; he also sent troops to Haiti to help in reestablishing democratic rule...

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