| The              Library of Congress>>Especially              for Researchers>>Research              Centers   Home >> Country             Studies >> HaitiFindinFederal Research                      Division PagesResearchers                      Web PagesAll Library of Congress PagesA Country Study: Haiti**Library of Congress Call Number F1934                   .D64 2001****Please                   note**: The current Country Study was previously in a                   multi-country volume. Chapter numbers reflect those used in                   the printed book. - Haiti  ForewordAcknowledgements
- Preface  IntroductionCountry                       Profile: Haiti
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- Geography  SocietyEconomy
- Transportation                           and Communications  Governemtn                           and PoliticsNational                           Security
Chapter                       6 - Haiti: Historical Setting
 (Anne Greene)                       
Spanish                           Discovery and Colonization
- French                           Colonialism     - French                               Settlement and Sovereignty  Colonial                               Society: The Conflicts of Color and ClassThe                           Haitian Revolution
The                               Slave Rebellion of 1791
- Toussaint                               Louverture   Independent                           Haiti- Christophe's                               Kingdom and P�tion's Republic  Boyer:                               Expansion and DeclineDecades                           of Instability, 1843-1915
- The                           United States Occupation, 1915-34  Politics                           and the Military, 1934-57François                           Duvalier 1957-71
- Jean-Claude                           Duvalier, 1971-86      - Chapter                       7 - Haiti: The Society and Its Environment  (Glenn R.                       Smucker)                            - Geography  Population- Demographic                               Profile  MigrationFertility                               and Family Planning
- Social                           Structure    - The                               Upper Class  The                               Middle ClassPeasants
- Urban                               Lower Class   Gender                           Roles and Family LifeThe                           Language Question
French                               and Creole
- Changes                               in Language Use  Creole,                               Literacy, and EducationReligious                           Life 
Voodoo
- Roman                               Catholicism  ProtestantismEducation
Primary                               Schools
- Secondary                               Education  Higher                               EducationHealth
Nutrition                               and Disease
- Acquired                               Immune Deficiency Syndrome  Health                               ServicesWelfare
Chapter                       8 - Haiti: The Economy
 (Boulos A. Malik)                       
Growth                           and Structure of the Economy
- Economic                           Policy    - Fiscal                               Policy      - Expenditures  RevenuesMonetary                               and Exchange-Rate Policies
- Labor  Agriculture- Land                               Tenure and Land Policy  Land                               Use and Farming TechnologyCrops
Cash                                   Crops
- Food                                   Crops   ForestryLivestock                               and Fishing
- Industry    - Manufacturing      - Assembly                                   Manufacturing  Domestic                                   ManufacturingConstruction
- Mining  EnergyServices
Banking                               and Financial Services
- Transportation                               and Communications  TourismForeign                           Economic Relations
Foreign                               Trade
- Balance                               of Payments  Foreign                               DebtForeign                               Assistance
Chapter                       9 - Haiti: Government and Politics
 (Robert E. Maguire)                       
Background:                           From Duvalier to Avril, 1957-89
- The                           Constitutional Framework  The                           Governmental System- Governmental                               Institutions  The                               Functions of the StateUrban                               Dominance, Rural Stagnation
- Political                           Dynamics    - Power                               Maintenance  Army                               Politics: Force and CounterforceThe                               President as Strongman
- Perceptions                               of Democracy  The                               Mass MediaInterest                           Groups 
The                               Tonton Makout Network
- Political                               Parties  The                               Upper and the Middle ClassesOther                               Groups
- Foreign                           Relations       - Chapter                       10 - Haiti: National Security  (Jean Tartter)                            - The                           Military in Haitian History  Army                           Politics in the 20th Century- Fran�ois                               Duvalier, 1957-71  Jean-Claude                               Duvalier, 1971-86The                               Post-Duvalier Period
- The                           Role of the Armed Forces  Military                           Spending and Foreign AssistanceArmed                           Forces Organization Structure
- The                           Judicial System and Public Order    - The                               Legal Framework  Public                               Order- Appendices    - Appendix A.                           Tables  Appendix B.                           Caribbean Basin InitiativeBibliography
- Glossary   
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