Chantalle F Verna

Haiti and the Uses of America

Post-U.S. Occupation Promises

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Contrary to popular notions, Haiti-U.S. relations have not only been about Haitian resistance to U.S. domination. In Haiti and the Uses of America, Chantalle F. Verna makes evident that there have been key moments of cooperation that contributed to nation-building in both countries.  

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Juni 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 140mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 318g
• ISBN-13: 9780813585161
• ISBN-10: 0813585163
• Artikelnr.: 45798651

Autorenporträt

CHANTALLE F. VERNA is an associate professor of history and international relations at Florida International University in Miami. She is a coeditor of the forthcoming book, The Haiti Reader: History, Culture, and Politics.  

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
Note on Terminology and Language
Abbreviations
 
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Promise and Peril of Foreign Ties, 1791–1915
Chapter 2. “With the Spirit of Friendship”: U.S. Occupation, Indigenisme,
and Haitian Nationalism, 1915–1934
Chapter 3. Pan-Americanism in Port-au-Prince: Historical Memories and Urban
Activities, 1934–1945
Chapter 4. La Nouvelle Cooperation:Cultivating Knowledge through Haiti-U.S.
Ties, 1936–1948
Chapter 5. “Viva UNESCO”: A Subtle Embedding of the United States in Haiti,
1948–1953
Epilogue: Enduring Promises
 
Notes
Note on Sources
Bibliography
Index