Why the Cocks Fight
Subtitle: Dominicans, Haitians, and the Struggle for Hispaniola
Publisher: Hill and Wang
Published: April 3, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780809097135
Subjects: Contemporary Politics - Latin America; History - General History; Politics/International Relations; Caribbean & West Indies - General; Government - Comparative; Social History; Dominican Republic; Haiti; Haitians; Social Science / Ethnic Studies
First sentence: Dangling his dead rooster by its feet, a grizzled cockfighter shuffles out the gate of the Manoguayabo cockfighting club through the parking lot, past a row of obsolete but still working hulks of cars, decrepit versions of old Russian models and American gas-guzzlers.