Dominican Republic and Haiti: Country Studies

Dominican Republic and Haiti: Country Studies
the marred 1995 congressional elections and create a permanent
electoral council. Although President Preval seemed committed
to the privatization of state-owned industries, as of early
1996 it remained to be seen whether he would be able to overcome
congressional and public opposition. To date, Haiti had
not begun the process of economic recovery nor reached a
consensus on how it might be achieved.
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Historical works on Haiti traditionally have focused on the
leaders of the war of independence, the early heads of state,
Francois Duvalier, and voodoo. Recently, however, a number of
comprehensive studies on Haiti have appeared. Among these
are David Nicholls' From Dessalines to Duvalier, Robert and
Nancy Heinl's Written in Blood: The Story of the Haitian People,
1492-1995, James Leyburn's The Haitian People, Selden Rodman's
Haiti: The Black Republic, and Robert Rotberg and Christopher
Clague's Haiti: The Politics of Squalor. For precolonial and
colonial history, see M.L.E. Moreau de Saint-Mery, A Civilization
that Perished. For the revolution, consult C.L.R. James, The
Black Jacobins,
Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution.
The United States occupation of Haiti is chronicled in
Hans Schmidt's The United States Occupation ofHaiti, 1915-1934.
For more about Francois Duvalier, see Bernard Diederich and
Al Burt's Papa Doc et les Tontons Macoutes. For the Duvalier
dynasty, consult Elizabeth Abbott's Haiti: The Duvaliers and Their
Legacy. For a chronology of efforts to restore Jean-Bertrand
Aristide to power, see Haitian Democracy Restored: 1991-1995 by
Roland I. Perusse. For the role of religions in Haiti, look at
Anne Greene's The Catholic Church in Haiti: Political and Social
Change and for voodoo, consult Voodoo and Politics in Haiti, Voodoo
Heritage, and Etudes sur le vodou haitien by Michel S.
Laguerre. (For further information and complete citations, see
Bibliography.)
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