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Author: Leon D. Pamphile Publisher: University Press of Florida ISBN: 0813063078 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 220
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"Provides a wealth of information about the nature of American occupations in Haiti that can be useful to Latin American historians and political scientists interested in international relations between the United States and other countries in the region."--Leslie G. Desmangles, author of The Faces of the Gods: Vodou and Roman Catholicism in Haiti "Unpacks the cultural, political, and economic impact of U.S. occupation, and by extension, American imperialism in Haiti."--Quito Swan, author of Black Power in Bermuda: The Struggle for Decolonization In 1915, United States Marines arrived in Haiti to safeguard lives and property from the political instability of the time. While there, the Marine Corps controlled everything from finance to education, from health care to public works and built an army, "La Garde d’Haiti," to maintain the changes it implemented. Ultimately, the decisions made by the United States about and for Haiti have indelibly shaped the development of what is generally considered the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Contrary Destinies presents the story of the one hundred year relationship between the two countries. Leon Pamphile chronicles the internal, external, and natural forces that have shaped Haiti as it is today, striking a balance between the realities faced by the people on the island and the global and transnational contexts that affect their lives. He examines how American policies towards the Caribbean nation--during the Cold War and later as the United States became the sole world superpower--and the legacies of the occupation contributed to the gradual erosion of Haitian independence, culminating in a second occupation and the current United Nations peacekeeping mission. Leon D. Pamphile is founder and executive director of the Functional Literacy Ministry of Haiti. He is the author of Haitians and African Americans: A Heritage of Tragedy and Hope.
Author: Leon D. Pamphile Publisher: University Press of Florida ISBN: 0813063078 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 220
Book Description
"Provides a wealth of information about the nature of American occupations in Haiti that can be useful to Latin American historians and political scientists interested in international relations between the United States and other countries in the region."--Leslie G. Desmangles, author of The Faces of the Gods: Vodou and Roman Catholicism in Haiti "Unpacks the cultural, political, and economic impact of U.S. occupation, and by extension, American imperialism in Haiti."--Quito Swan, author of Black Power in Bermuda: The Struggle for Decolonization In 1915, United States Marines arrived in Haiti to safeguard lives and property from the political instability of the time. While there, the Marine Corps controlled everything from finance to education, from health care to public works and built an army, "La Garde d’Haiti," to maintain the changes it implemented. Ultimately, the decisions made by the United States about and for Haiti have indelibly shaped the development of what is generally considered the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Contrary Destinies presents the story of the one hundred year relationship between the two countries. Leon Pamphile chronicles the internal, external, and natural forces that have shaped Haiti as it is today, striking a balance between the realities faced by the people on the island and the global and transnational contexts that affect their lives. He examines how American policies towards the Caribbean nation--during the Cold War and later as the United States became the sole world superpower--and the legacies of the occupation contributed to the gradual erosion of Haitian independence, culminating in a second occupation and the current United Nations peacekeeping mission. Leon D. Pamphile is founder and executive director of the Functional Literacy Ministry of Haiti. He is the author of Haitians and African Americans: A Heritage of Tragedy and Hope.
Author: Samuel Publisher: iUniverse ISBN: 1491720182 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 215
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In this guide, author Samuel explores how the Bible can help you live a more fulfilling life and help you achieve your destiny. His premise is that, as with the life of Jesus, every person's life is arranged like a book; there will be chapters in the life of every individual. When you seek to connect the chapters of your life to those of Jesus's life, you can master anything. By moving closer to the Lord and applying the lessons provided in this guidebook, you can - accomplish your life's mission in a timely manner; - handle challenges in each phase of your pursuit; - harness the power of the Holy Spirit in everyday life; and - remain one of God's chosen in this life and in the next. While every person's destiny is different and the challenges we face vary, every single one of us is living a life that mirrors that of our Lord Jesus Christ. If we seek to follow His example and take His teachings to heart, we can master the Chapters of Destiny.
Author: Jean-Philippe Platteau Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1136912096 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 429
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Does culture matter? This question has taken on added significance since fundamentalist revivalism has recently gained ground in different parts of the world. The old controversy between Max Weber and Karl Marx, which centres around the extent to which cultural factors such as social norms and values affect economic growth is of critical importance, particularly because of its policy implications. Indeed, if culture is not an autonomous factor susceptible to influencing economic realities, it should not matter and public authorities can dispense with thinking about cultural interventions. On the other hand, if culture does have a real impact, the question arises as to whether it is conducive or detrimental to economic growth, political liberalization, and the emancipation of individuals among other things. Culture, Institutions, and Development addresses this debate at a concrete level by looking at five important issues: the role of tradition and its influence on development; the role of religion, with special reference to Middle Eastern countries; the role of family, kinship, and ethnic ties in the process of development; the relationship between culture and entrepreneurship; and the relationship between culture and poverty. This collection offers a nuanced view that neither denies nor exaggerates the role of cultural factors in explaining relative growth performances across countries. Instead, the contributors focus on the dynamic, two-way relationship between culture and development in a way that stresses policy stakes and the value of multidisciplinary collaboration between economists, historians and other social scientists. This book will be of interest to postgraduates and researchers in all the social sciences, as well as to professionals working in national development agencies, international organisations, and Non-Governmental Organisations.
Author: Geoffroy de Laforcade Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG ISBN: 3110789795 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 366
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Discrimination, stigmatization, xenophobia, heightened securitization – fear and blaming of "aliens within" – characterize the world infected by COVID-19. Such fears have a long cultural history, however, particularly in connecting pathology with race, poverty, and migration. This volume explores theory and narratives of disease, danger, and displacement through the lenses of cultural, literary, and film studies, historical representation, ethnics studies, sociology and cultural geography, classics, music, and linguistics. Investigations range from, for example, illness discourse in the ancient classics to images of perilous intruders in the Age of Trump, from the Haitian Revolution and subsequent zombie stereotypes to current, problematic refugee resettlement in the US South and Greek islands, from the urban underworld in nineteenth-century sensation novels to ethnic women "on the stroll" in coronavirus times. The collection is organized into three thematically intertwined parts: Stigmatizing the Racialized Underclass; Pathologizing the Other; Constructing and Countering Collapse. It examines changing or recurrent aporias in tropes of belonging and exclusion, as well as the birthing of new forms of identity, agency, and countercultural expression.
Author: Rosanne Wasserman Publisher: Macmillan ISBN: 0374258031 Category : Literary Collections Languages : en Pages : 412
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"An essential, vibrant collection of masterful translations by one of the finest poets at work today.... This book presents his versions of, among others, the classic French fairy tale The White Cat by Marie-Catherine dAulnoy, as well as works by such innovative masters as Raymond Roussel and Giorgio de Chirico. Here are all of Roussels Documents to Serve as an Outline and extracts from his Impressions of Africa; selections from Georges Batailles darkly erotic first novella, Labb ̌C; Antonin Artauds correspondence with the writer Jacques Rivïre; Salvador Dal ̕on Willem de Koonings art; Jacques Dupin on Giacometti; and key theoretical and conceptual texts by Odilon Redon, Jean Ȟlion, Iannis Xenakis, and Marcelin Pleynet. Several of these twenty-nine prose pieces, by seventeen fiction writers, playwrights, artists, musicians, and critics, are previously unpublished or have been long unavailable"--provided by publisher.
Author: Bruce Braun Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 113482498X Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 590
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This book rejects apocalyptic pronouncements that the end of the millenium represents the 'end' of nature as well. Remaking Reality brings together contributors from across the human sciences who argue that a notion of 'social nature' provides great hope for the future. Applying a variety of theoretical approaches to social nature, and engaging with debates in politics, science, technology and social movements surrouding race, gender and class, the contributors explroe important and emerging sites where nature is now being remade with considerable social and ecological consequences. The essays are organised around two themes: 'capitalising and envisioning nature' and 'actors, networks and the politics of hybridity'. An afterword by Neil Smith reflects on the problems and possibilities of future names. For critics and activists alike, Remaking Reality provides essential theoretical and political tools to rethink environmentalism and progressive social natures for the twenty first century.
Author: Matthew Casey Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 1107127696 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 327
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An innovative analysis of Haitian migrant experience, central to the exploration of race, politics, and development during US military occupation in Cuba.
Author: Leon D. Pamphile
Author: Leon D. Pamphile
Author: Samuel
Author: Charles Dudley Warner
Author: Jean-Philippe Platteau
Author: Geoffroy de Laforcade
Author: John Henry Newman
Author: Rosanne Wasserman
Author: Bruce Braun
Author: Matthew Casey
Author: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra