From Dessalines to Duvalier

By Nicholls, David

Subjects: Political aspects of Human skin color, Politics and government, Race awareness, Elite (Social sciences), Elite (social sciences), Haiti, history, Haiti, social conditions, Haiti, politics and government, Self-determination, National, Human skin color, Self-determination, national, History, Race relations, Political aspects

Description: "New edition of a valuable survey of Haitian history that first appeared in 1979 (see HLAS 44:2491). Nicholls died in 1996, and changes to the original book appear to be limited to a new, 41-page preface that summarizes political events in the country from 1986-94"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.