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Author : Patricia Schutt-Ainé
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Haiti
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173020666069
Author : Steven Latta,Christopher Rimmer,Allan Keith,James Wiley,Herbert A. Raffaele,Kent McFarland,Eladio Fernandez
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2006-11-26
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0691118914
Birds of the Dominican Republic and Haiti fills a large void in the literature on birdwatching and the environment in these tropical countries. The first comprehensive field guide devoted to Hispaniola's birds, it provides detailed accounts for more than 300 species, including thirty-one endemic species. Included in the species descriptions are details on key field marks, similar species, voice, habitats, geographic distribution on Hispaniola, status, nesting, range, and local names used in both the Dominican Republic and Haiti. The authors also comment on ecology, behavior, and taxonomic status. The book provides color illustrations and range maps based on the most recent data available. But the authors' intent is to provide more than just a means of identifying birds. The guide also underscores the importance of promoting the conservation of migratory and resident birds, and building support for environmental measures.
Author : Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9780415808675
Despite Haiti's proximity to the United States, and its considerable importance to our own history, Haiti barely registered in the historic consciousness of most Americans until recently. Those who struggled to understand Haiti's suffering in the earthquake of 2010 often spoke of it as the poorest country in the Western hemisphere, but could not explain how it came to be so. In recent years, the amount of scholarship about the island has increased dramatically. Whereas once this scholarship was focused on Haiti's political or military leaders, now the historiography of Haiti features lively debates and different schools of thought. Even as this body of knowledge has developed, it has been hard for students to grasp its various strands. Haitian History presents the best of the recent articles on Haitian history, by both Haitian and foreign scholars, moving from colonial Saint Domingue to the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake. It will be the go-to one-volume introduction to the field of Haitian history, helping to explain how the promise of the Haitian Revolution dissipated, and presenting the major debates and questions in the field today.
Author : Jowel C. Laguerre,Cecile Accilien
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2010-09-17
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0071749217
The essential terms you need to communicate with the nation’s 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 addition to featuring content specifically related to relief and rebuilding, this book also covers the basic topics such as introducing yourself, asking for directions, giving instructions, or asking for information. A separate section is devoted to key words and phrases related to relief efforts from communicating with medical personnel to construction and engineering terminology Features: A mini-dictionary includes essential vocabulary for quick reference An 30-minute audio download that features key words and phrases Vital vocabulary and phrases relevant to relief and rebuilding processes McGraw-Hill will donate a percentage of sales to the Haitian rebuilding effort. Topics include: Basic Vocabulary, Basics of Haitian Creole, Greetings and Wishes, Expressing Preferences and Opinions, Numbers, Time, and Weather, Family, People, and Description, Communication, Living and Working in Haiti, Transportation and Directions, Money and Shopping, Accommodations, Food and Drink, Specialized Vocabulary, Earthquake, Construction Rebuilding, Relief Effort, Medical Vocabulary, Security, Resources
Author : Fequiere Vilsaint,Michael R. Hall
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781538127537
This book covers the history of Haiti starting in 1492 with the initial European landing of the island to the present day. Haiti shares the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic. Haiti proclaimed its independence from France on January 1, 1804 following the only successful slave evolution in the Americas. As a result of the Haitian Revolution (1791-1804), Haiti became the first independent Latin American nation and the second independent nation in the Western Hemisphere, after the United States. Throughout its history it has suffered political violence, and a devastating earthquake which killed over 300,000 people. Historical Dictionary of Haiti, Second Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 500 cross-referenced entries on important personalities as well as aspects of the country’s politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Haiti.
Author : Marjorie Charlot
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2015-11-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781491776896
Did You Know?—Over One Hundred Facts about Haiti and Her Children looks in detail at a land and its people, uncovering the history, culture, challenges, and achievements of a country often stereotyped as deeply impoverished and bereft of any nobility of purpose. Tapping into her expertise in research and her familiarity with the wealth of resources residing in libraries, Marjorie Charlot, a supervisor and instructor at academic libraries, has gathered, curated, and prepared a topically organized collection of vignettes depicting Haiti and her children. Did You Know? presents these vignettes in chapters organized according to themes, including such topics as the Africans, art and culture, civil rights, great families, inventors, the military, pilots, religion, and science. Did You Know?—Over One Hundred Facts about Haiti and Her Children offers its guidance to an abundance of information about the Haitian people and their homeland. If you claim a place for Haiti in your own history, if you find yourself intrigued by the history of Haiti, or if you simply are one of those people with a deep hunger to learn more about the world, then Did You Know? will provide you with an approachable and informative introduction to Haiti and her children.
Author : Jennie Marcelle Smith
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 0801437970
In an ethnography that challenges standard approaches to understanding the poor and disempowered, Jennie M. Smith's descriptions of peasant activity change what constitutes a democratic society. Through their civil institutions and artistic expression, Haitian peasants, widely known as some of the world's most impoverished, politically disempowered, and illiterate citizens, debate the meanings of development, democracy, and the public good.Smith offers a historically grounded overview of how the Haitian state and certain foreign powers have sought to develop rural Haiti and relates how Haitian peasants have responded to such efforts through words and deeds. The author argues that songs called chante pwen serve as "melodic machetes," a tool with which the peasants make their voices heard in many social circumstances.When the Hands Are Many illustrates the philosophies, styles, and structures typical of social organization in rural Haiti with narrative portraits of peasant organizations engaged in agricultural work parties, business meetings, religious ceremonies, social service projects, song sessions, and other activities. Smith integrates these organizations' strengths into a new vision for social change and asks what must happen in Haiti and elsewhere to facilitate positive transformation in the world today.
Author : Jeffrey Sommers
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781498509152
The year 2015 marked the centennial of the 1915 United States occupation of Haiti and Haiti’s resistance to that signal event in its history. This study surveys the issues of economics, race, and realpolitik embedded in the political economy of U.S. interactions with Haiti that resulted in occupation. It then interrogates what constitutes the “state” as it pertains to foreign policy, along with an inspection of who benefits from empire. This approach eschews tired dichotomies of whether or not the United States as a whole materially benefited from empire to instead simply look at who individually gained and what were the capacities of these beneficiaries to craft policy. Next it delivers insights derived from a forensic analysis of Woodrow Wilson’s perception of race and his decision to intervene in Haiti. Attitudes enabling United States military leaders to implement a policy of occupation are provided through a study of Admiral William Caperton’s role in the intervention. The focus then telescopes out to inspect the role played by the press, especially as booster for commercial opportunities. In short, the project answers the questions of why, who, and how American empire was undertaken through the case study of Haiti and its occupation in 1915.
Author : Roger E. Savain
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2009-09-04
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1441576215
THIS HANDBOOK is a proven learning tool that helps English speakers develop a basic com-petency in Haitian Kreyol. Its content is based on the Haiti’s Ministry of National Education’s standardization of January 31, 1980. It is a simple and comprehensive source book which synthesizes the diverse information regarding the rules and principles of Haitian Kreyol spelling and grammar Published since 1991, Haitian Kreyol in Ten Steps has been selected by several professors and linguists as their preferred teaching or grammar reference book. In five successive editions and a glossary of 1,200 words, Roger E. Savain has tailored this handbook for maximum effectiveness. Its methodology and organization has been developed over years of practical teaching application. In this revised and strengthened sixth edition, Savain eases the reader, once more, into comprehension of the primary sounds of Haitian Kreyol by emphasizing the four fundamental principles and the ten basic vowel sounds. The rules that govern the language remain reliably constant. Their application will highlight similarities with English and facilitate basic command of Haitian Kreyol.
Author : Celucien L. Joseph,Jean Eddy Saint Paul,Glodel Mezilas
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2018-02-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781498545761
Between Two Worlds: Jean Price-Mars, Haiti, and Africa is a special volume on Jean Price-Mars that reassesses the importance of his thought and legacy, and the implications of his ideas in the twenty-first century’s culture of political correctness, the continuing challenge of race and racism, and imperial hegemony in the modern world. Price-Mars’s thought is also significant for the renewed scholarly interests in Haiti and Haitian Studies in North America, and the meaning of contemporary Africa in the world today. This volume explores various dimensions in Price-Mars’ thought and his role as historian, anthropologist, cultural critic, public intellectual, religious scholar, pan-Africanist, and humanist. The goal of this book is fourfold: it explores the contributions of Jean Price-Mars to Haitian history and culture, it studies Price-Mars’ engagement with Western history and the problem of the “racist narrative,” it interprets Price-Mars’ connections with Black Internationalism, Harlem Renaissance, and the Negritude Movement, and finally, the book underscores Price-Mars’ contributions to post colonialism, religious studies, Africana Studies, and Pan-Africanism.
Author : D. H. Figueredo,Frank Argote-Freyre
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 9781438108315
A Brief History of the Caribbean is an overview of the historical events that have taken place and shaped the islands of the Caribbean Sea.
Author : Fequiere Vilsaint
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1881839214
Author : Association of Caribbean University and Research Libraries
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Library cooperation
ISBN : UTEXAS:059172148480420
Author : Robert Debs Heinl,Nancy Gordon Heinl
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 916 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X002761065
This text provides a history of Haiti from 1492 to the end of 1995.
Author : Gage Averill
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Music
ISBN : 0226032930
The history of Haiti throughout the twentieth century has been marked by oppression at the hands of colonial and dictatorial overlords. But set against this "day for the hunter" has been a "day for the prey," a history of resistance, and sometimes of triumph. With keen cultural and historical awareness, Gage Averill shows that Haiti's vibrant and expressive music has been one of the most highly charged instruments in this struggle—one in which power, politics, and resistance are inextricably fused. Averill explores such diverse genres as Haitian jazz, troubadour traditions, Vodou-jazz, konpa, mini-djaz, new generation, and roots music. He examines the complex interaction of music with power in contexts such as honorific rituals, sponsored street celebrations, Carnival, and social movements that span the political spectrum. With firsthand accounts by musicians, photos, song texts, and ethnographic descriptions, this book explores the profound manifestations of power and song in the day-to-day efforts of ordinary Haitians to rise above political repression.