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Author Abbott, Elizabeth.

Title Haiti : a shattered nation / Elizabeth Abbott.

Publication Info. New York : Overlook ; London : Duckworth, 2011.

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 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  972.9406 AB    Check Shelf
Description 492 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Note "Revised and updated from Haiti : the Duvaliers and their legacy ... first published in 1988 by McGraw-Hill"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [444]-471) and index.
Contents Written in blood -- The American occupation -- Papa Doc comes to power -- Papa Doc, president -- The height of terror -- Papa Doc's final years -- The Revolution continues -- Jeanclaudism, 1977-79 -- Jean-Claude and Michèle, honeymoon -- Marriage -- The dynasty falters -- The final days of Duvalier -- The legacy : Duvalierism without Duvalier -- Passages -- Tempests.
Subject Haiti -- Politics and government -- 1934-1971.
Haiti -- Politics and government -- 1971-1986.
Haiti -- Politics and government -- 1986-
Duvalier, François, 1907-1971.
Duvalier, Jean-Claude, 1951-2014
Haiti -- History -- 1934-1986.
Haiti -- History -- 1986-
Added Author Abbott, Elizabeth. Haiti : the Duvaliers and their legacy.
ISBN 9781590201411 US
1590201418 US
9780715640807 UK
0715640801 UK
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