Descript |
xvi, 467 pages map 24 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 442-444) and index |
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"The world's first independent black republic, Haiti was forged in the fire of history's only successful slave revolution. Yet more than two hundred years later, the full promise of the revolution--a free country and a free people--remains unfulfilled. Home for more than a decade to one of the world's largest UN peacekeeping forces, Haiti's tumultuous political culture--buffeted by coups and armed political partisans--combined with economic inequality and environmental degradation to create immense difficulties even before devastating 2010 earthquake killed tens of thousands of people. This grim tale, however, is not the whole story. In this moving and detailed history, Michael Deibert, who has spent two decades reporting on Haiti, chronicles the heroic struggles of Haitians to build their longed-for country in the face of overwhelming odds. Based on hundreds of interviews with Haitian political leaders, international diplomats, peasant advocates and gang leaders, as well as ordinary Haitians, Deibert's book provides a vivid, complex and challenging analysis of Haiti's recent history."--Page 4 of cover |
Content |
Prologue : storm clouds -- Istwa (history) -- Le blancs débarquent -- Operation Baghdad -- Deceptions and delusions -- The return -- Give us peace or rest in peace -- Uneasy neighbors -- Lavi Chè -- Plots and revelations -- Douze janvier -- The republic of NGOs -- Plague -- Tèt kale -- In the kingdom of impunity -- Open for business -- A disaster foretold -- When they are president, they will understand me -- Epilogue |
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1900-2099
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Politics and government.
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HISTORY -- Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
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HISTORY -- Caribbean & West Indies.
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Haiti -- History
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Haiti -- Politics and government -- History -- 20th century
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Haiti -- Politics and government -- History -- 21st century
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Haiti
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Haïti -- Histoire
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Haïti -- Politique et gouvernement -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
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Haïti -- Politique et gouvernement -- Histoire -- 21e siècle
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Haiti.
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History.
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Haiti.
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Dawit Isaak-biblioteket
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Classmark |
972.94/06
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ISBN/ISSN |
9781783607983 (paperback) |
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178360798X (paperback) |
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9781783608638 (hardback) |
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1783608633 (hardback) |
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9781783607990 |
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9781783608003 |
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9781783608010 |
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(pdf) 9781783607990 9781783608003 9781783608010 |
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(epub) 9781783607990 9781783608003 9781783608010 |
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(mobi) 9781783607990 9781783608003 9781783608010 |
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99973454140 |
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