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Haiti: The Tumultuous History - From Pearl of the Caribbean to Broken Nation: The Tumultuous History - From Pearl of the Caribbean to Broken Nation

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Description for Haiti: The Tumultuous History - From Pearl of the Caribbean to Broken Nation: The Tumultuous History - From Pearl of the Caribbean to Broken Nation paperback.
In the aftermath of January's horrific earthquake, the world's attention is focused on Haiti. In this full narrative history of the Caribbean nation, historian Philippe Girard offers insight into Haiti's complex and layered past, showing that its current state as the poorest country in the western hemisphere was not inevitable. This highly readable and accessible history takes the reader back two hundred years to a time when Haiti was so prosperous it was known as the Pearl of the Antilles. Haiti was the only country in the Americas to pull off a successful slave revolution, yet today its survival ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230106611
SKU
V9780230106611
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About Palgrave Macmillan
PHILIPPE GIRARD is an Associate Professor of Caribbean History, McNeese State University of Louisiana, USA. A native to the French Caribbean, he is the author of Clinton in Haiti (Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 2004).

Reviews for Haiti: The Tumultuous History - From Pearl of the Caribbean to Broken Nation: The Tumultuous History - From Pearl of the Caribbean to Broken Nation
Reviews for Clinton in Haiti: 'An engaging and wonderfully readable account of the circumstances leading up to the U.S. invasion of Haiti in 1994, and its restoration of Jean-Bertrand Aristide as Haitian president.' - Elizabeth Abbott, Trinity College, University of Toronto, Canada 'This is an extraordinarily well written account that places Clinton's Haitian foreign policy in historical perspective. Linguistic wit ... Read more

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