Dominican Republic and Haiti: Country Studies

Contents
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Foreword
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
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Dominican Republic: Country Profile 1
Table A. Dominican Republic: Chronology of
Important Events 9
Chapter 1. Dominican Republic: Historical Setting. ... 11
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THE FIRST COLONY 14
THE STRUGGLE FOR FORMAL SOVEREIGNTY 19
AMBIVALENT SOVEREIGNTY, CAUDILLO RULE,
AND POLITICAL INSTABILITY 23
The Infant Republic, 1844-61 23
Annexation by Spain, 1861-65 27
The Contest for Power, 1865-82 28
ULISES HEUREAUX, GROWING FINANCIAL
DEPENDENCE, AND CONTINUED INSTABILITY. 30
Ulises Heureaux, 1882-99 30
Growing Financial Dependence and Political
Instability 33
FROM THE UNITED STATES OCCUPATION (1916-24)
TO THE EMERGENCE OF TRUJILLO (1930) 38
THE TRUJILLO ERA, 1930-61 39
DEMOCRATIC STRUGGLES AND FAILURES 43
AUTHORITARIAN BALAGUER, 1966-78 45
THE PRD IN POWER AND BALAGUER, AGAIN 47
A NEW BEGINNING? 51
Chapter 2. Dominican Republic: The Society
and Its Environment 55
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