Culture and Customs of Haiti

by J. Michael Dash

Book Overview

Culture and Customs of Haiti begins with an overview of the mountainous island that seemed forbidding to European colonizers. Historical periods, including French colonization, U.S. occupation in the early 20th century, Independence and the Duvaliers' reigns, until today, are reviewed and provide the framework for the volume. A chapter on the people and society details the pride of the black state that managed the only successful slave revolution...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313360995
• ISBN13: 9780313360992
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"