A Case Study In Demographics, Development, And U.s. Foreign Policy
The Haitian political and economic crisis since the overthrow of Jean-Bertrand Aristide in 1991 has been a story of societal decline. This case study examines the conflict between longer-term development objectives and the shorter-term US foreign-policy objectives that almost always override them.
Democracy is venerated in US political culture, in part because it is our democracy. As a result, we assume that the government and institutions of the United States represent the true and right form of democracy, needed by all. This volume challenges this commonplace belief by putting US politics in the context of the Americas more broadly. ......
Anti-Haitian Racism and Citizenship in the Dominican Republic
In Someone Else's Country is a groundbreaking work that details the current situation of racial profiling in Caribbean countries where certain citizens are denied any documentation to become a citizen of the country they were born and raised in.
Anti-Haitian Racism and Citizenship in the Dominican Republic
In Someone Else's Country is a groundbreaking work that details the current situation of racial profiling in Caribbean countries where certain citizens are denied any documentation to become a citizen of the country they were born and raised in.
This book argues that fictional television can educate audiences on complex communities and issues long after it has faded from the news cycle. Treme, to date, remains one of the most notable experiments of how post-Katrina New Orleans communities struggle to hold on to their cultural and historical essence.
Combatting Stereotypes of Technological Backwardness
Precolonial African Material Culture presents a comprehensive challenge to the long-held myth of the inherent backwardness of technology and material culture in sub-Saharan Africa. It revisits the history of early and late precolonial technology in Africa and explores its impacts on the wider world.
This book presents a religious and social history of Cuba's development as a nation and its relationship with the United States by examining the role of Presbyterian and other Protestant churches before and after the revolution in 1959.
This book rethinks the second half of the twentieth century in Colombia by putting subaltern sectors at the core of the narrative and examining their crucial role in shaping Colombian society. The author incorporates theories from diverse social sciences including subaltern studies and postcolonial approaches.
Voices of Latin America tells the story of the major issues, conflicts and campaigns for social justice in the region today, in the words of the protagonists of these movements themselves. Tom Gatehouse has assembled an unparalleled set of views and insights from the leaders and intellectuals of that movement.
