Title: The uses of Haiti /
Authors: Farmer, Paul,
Date: 2006
Publisher: Common Courage Press,
Physical description: 479 p. : 1 map ; 20 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: F
Contents: What's at stake in Haiti -- The template of colony -- From Duvalierism to Duvalierism without Duvalier -- The power of the poor in Haiti -- The coup of 1991 : the power of the rich in Haiti -- The uses of Haiti (reprise) -- On Guantanamo -- Chouchou Louis and the political economy of brutality -- Acephie -- New myths for old -- Epilogue : the oppressor as savior -- Diagnosis -- What happened in Haiti? : where past is present -- Afterword - Larry Birns & Jessica Leight.
Notes: "An Institute for Health and Social Justice book"--P. [4] of cover.
Subject headings (LCSH): Haiti--Politics and government--1986-; Haiti--Relations--United States.; Haiti--Social conditions--1971-; Poor--Haiti.; United States--Relations--Haiti.