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  1. 1991-01-01 [ Insects in your Garden] 115 pp : ill.
  2. 1999-01-01 Haïti est une nation où l'expression culturelle fait partie de la quotidenneté et se manifeste par les sens. Vous le verrez dans les couleurs saisonnières du carnaval et des cerfs-volants; vous l'entendrez dans le son de cloche du cireur de chaussures et dans les éclats de rire, provoqués par les...
  3. This interdisciplinary study analyzes the causes of what the editors call 'Haiti's abysmal underdevelopment.' Includes contributions from 25 leading authorities on Haiti.
  4. 2011-01-01 This notebook contains a wide variety of information on community development in Haiti. multiple pages, ilustrations, photos
  5. 1989-11-01 Written for the New Yorker magazine
  6. Haiti is a very poor country with a stagnant economy. This title, first published in 1983, considers the Haitian economy, placing it in its historical context, and explores the reasons why it has performed so badly. Mats Lundahl examines agriculture, which has failed to provide an adequate...
  7. Haiti is a country which, until the earthquake of 2010, remained largely outside the focus of world interest and outside the important international historical currents during its existence as a free nation. The nineteenth century was the decisive period in Haitian history, serving to shape the...
  8. 1988-01-01 This important study introduces the conceptual premise that families, like firms, analyze their circumstances, make decisions, and pursue courses of action on the basis of what they perceive to be the most efficient methods for producing and reproducing survival. Combining this premise with an...
  9. In concise, informative chapters, Haiti in Focus looks at how the slaves of France's most prosperous colony defeated the armies of Napoleon, Spain, and Britain, and examines Haiti's subsequent fate after it became the world's first black republic. It traces the historic journey that led to the...
  10. Haiti has become one of the poorest six countries on earth. Despite heroic beginnings -- this tiny nation was born of a successful slave revolt -- Haitians today struggle, against tremendous odds, for mere survival. The book chronicles Haiti's rocky history and outlines Haitians' current attempts...