Download or read book Les Cayes Haiti written by Lyonel Gerdes and published by Oxford Book Writer. This book was released on with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this touching memoir of a tumultuous childhood, author Lyonel Gerdes shares his experience of overcoming a rough family life. Lyonel Gerdes was born in Haiti, where he lived with his family in the titular town of Les Cayes. Over the years, the family moved from house to house, leaving Gerdes with a mixed bag of good and bad memories. Growing up in unstable homes, Gerdes soon developed multiple insecurities and feelings of unworthiness. But when the country descended into social, political, and economic chaos under the dictatorship of Duvalier, the family’s internal drama intensified. Les Cayes, Haiti offers an intimate and unflinching look at one survivor’s journey in this true story of overcoming childhood trauma.
Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Haiti written by Fequiere Vilsaint and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-08-01 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book The Making of Haiti written by Carolyn E. Fick and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The present work is an attempt to illustrate the nature and the impact of the popular mentality and popular movements on the course of revolutionary (and, in part, postrevolutionary) events in eighteenth-century Saint-Domingue." --pref.
Download or read book Clerise of Haiti written by Marie-Therese Labossiere Thomas and published by . This book was released on 2010-10 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young domestic worker devoted to her prominent urban employers in Les Cayes, Haiti, Clerise progressively renounces the traditional values of her rural background. When she later marries and opens a small business, class conflicts and divided loyalties develop amid the terror of the Duvalier regime, and she is ultimately caught in the escalation of violence. Clerise of Haiti is a story of three generations of Haitian women, and covers a thirty year span ending in the late 1970s. Full of humor and resilience, Clerise's unique perspective into the upper classes and the world of the poor explores the complexities of life in a provincial town and highlights the socioeconomic and political forces at play in Haiti.
Download or read book Haiti written by Paul Clammer and published by Bradt Travel Guides. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new edition of the only stand-alone guidebook on Haiti available, fully updated and with expanded content reflecting Haiti’s recent tourism expansion, and packed with practical information covering everything from accommodation, eateries and travel routes to wildlife and ‘Vodou’. A comprehensive section on birdwatching and insightful information on Haiti's rich artistic and musical heritage ensure birdwatchers and cultural enthusiasts are well catered for. Paul Clammer discusses the medicinal merits of Haitian rum, how to catch a Port-au-Prince taptap (bus) and how to check into the Graham Greene suite of the Hotel Oloffson. This new edition includes even more information on living in Haiti, more festivals – from local fêtes to big celebrations – and coverage of new tourism developments at the Citadelle, Haiti’s only UNESCO World Heritage Site. Also covered are details of other new museums either under refurbishment or soon to open. Sharing the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic, Haiti is culturally the most African of Caribbean countries, and one that is largely unknown to visitors, except through popular clichés of aid dependency and Vodou culture. An early pioneer of Caribbean tourism, since the earthquake of 2010 it has been slowly repositioning itself as an exciting new travel destination. Visitors will find historical sites to explore, such as the World Heritage-listed Citadelle (the largest fortress in the Americas), hidden beaches, and a proud people rebuilding their country and ready to welcome visitors once more.
Download or read book Port au Prince Haiti Duvaliers Pax Haitiana Dynasty and my Coming of Age in the Time of Compas Direct and Mini Jazz A Memoir written by Lyonel Gerdes and published by Oxford Book Writer. This book was released on with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Port-au-Prince, Haiti..." is a captivating memoir by Lyonel Gerdes, the sequel to his first trilogy book. The author shares his personal journey of growing up in the mid-60s to mid-70s in the beautiful neighborhood of Martissant, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Despite the magnificent views of green hills and the soothing Caribbean Sea, Gerdes faces challenging circumstances, including his family's financial struggle, emotional neglect, and seeking love in the wrong places. Through his inner strength and resilience, Gerdes overcomes these challenges and comes to terms with his dysfunctional family. The book offers readers a unique perspective on life and an inspiring message that one can still turn their earthly journey around despite the inherited condition they were dealt with.
Download or read book Les Cayes Haiti written by Lyonel Gerdes and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Gerdes spent his formative years in a well-to-do family in Les Cayes. Even so, he did not enjoy the privileges that came with an elite household. Instead, he had to settle for second-class status and the shame that accompanied. His family moved often, each house worse than the previous. But these houses would shape Gerdes's life. In Les Gayes, Haiti, Gerdes relays the highs and lows of his young life, as well as the contempt he received from those who should've loved him. Set within a politically tumultuous time in Haiti's history, Gerdes's experience will leave readers contemplating the harsh realities that children face."--
Download or read book Haiti written by International Bureau of the American Republics and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book African Americans and the Haitian Revolution written by Maurice Jackson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together scholarly essays and helpfully annotated primary documents, African Americans and the Haitian Revolution collects not only the best recent scholarship on the subject, but also showcases the primary texts written by African Americans about the Haitian Revolution. Rather than being about the revolution itself, this collection attempts to show how the events in Haiti served to galvanize African Americans to think about themselves and to act in accordance with their beliefs, and contributes to the study of African Americans in the wider Atlantic World.
Download or read book Empire s Guest Workers written by Matthew Casey and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-05-09 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An innovative analysis of Haitian migrant experience, central to the exploration of race, politics, and development during US military occupation in Cuba.
Download or read book No Limits to Their Sway written by Edgardo Pérez Morales and published by Vanderbilt University Press. This book was released on 2018-04-10 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the 1808 French invasion of the Iberian Peninsula, an unprecedented political crisis threw the Spanish Monarchy into turmoil. On the Caribbean coast of modern-day Colombia, the important port town of Cartagena rejected Spanish authority, finally declaring independence in 1811. With new leadership that included free people of color, Cartagena welcomed merchants, revolutionaries, and adventurers from Venezuela, the Antilles, the United States, and Europe. Most importantly, independent Cartagena opened its doors to privateers of color from the French Caribbean. Hired mercenaries of the sea, privateers defended Cartagena's claim to sovereignty, attacking Spanish ships and seizing Spanish property, especially near Cuba, and establishing vibrant maritime connections with Haiti. Most of Cartagena's privateers were people of color and descendants of slaves who benefited from the relative freedom and flexibility of life at sea, but also faced kidnapping, enslavement, and brutality. Many came from Haiti and Guadeloupe; some had been directly involved in the Haitian Revolution. While their manpower proved crucial in the early Anti-Spanish struggles, Afro-Caribbean privateers were also perceived as a threat, suspected of holding questionable loyalties, disorderly tendencies, and too strong a commitment to political and social privileges for people of color. Based on handwritten and printed sources in Spanish, English, and French, this book tells the story of Cartagena's multinational and multicultural seafarers, revealing the Trans-Atlantic and maritime dimensions of South American independence.
Download or read book Environmental Health written by Abdelhadi Makan and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-01-08 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It took a long time for humans to recognize the existence of a direct link between environmental pollution and health deterioration. In the 1990s, scientists demonstrated the existence of this link through epidemiological studies and new technical materials that can measure accumulation effects of small toxic quantities. Consequently, concerns about human health were accentuated, and the notion of environmental health has emerged. This book covers some practices for managing, controlling, and preventing environmental factors that may affect current and future generations' health. Topics relate to either the natural or the built environment and include air and water pollution, rainwater harvesting, climate change effects, marine pollution, and ecological indicators.
Download or read book Bol var Liberator of Venezuela Colombia Ecuador Peru and Bolivia written by Henry Rowan Lemly and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Historical and Economic Geography of the Southwest Peninsula of Haiti written by John M. Street and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 984 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Inquiry Into Occupation and Administration of Haiti and Santo Domingo written by United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Haiti and Santo Domingo and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 1072 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Medicine and Morality in Haiti written by Paul Brodwin and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1996-09-13 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Morality and medicine are inextricably intertwined in rural Haiti, and both are shaped by the different local religious traditions, Christian and Vodoun, as well as by biomedical and folk medical practices. When people fall ill, they seek treatment not only from Western doctors but also from herbalists, religious healers and midwives. Dr Brodwin examines the situational logic, the pragmatic decisions, that guide people in making choices when they are faced with illness. He also explains the moral issues that arise in a society where suffering is associated with guilt, but where different, sometimes conflicting, ethical systems coexist. Moreover, he shows how in the crisis of illness people rework religious identities and are forced to address fundamental social and political problems.
Download or read book What Happened to Haiti and What to Do About It written by Rev. Jean Vanes Nicolas and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2020-01-14 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What Happened to Haiti and What to Do About It By: Rev. Jean Vanes Nicolas Haiti is facing a deep social, economic, and political crisis. What Happened to Haiti and What to Do About It supplies clear information to men and women in finance, economics, and politics. This book gives a quick and clear history of Haiti for the past 500 years and how the country could grow with new policies and politics.
