Quisqueya la bella : the Dominican Republic in historical and cultural perspective / Alan Cambeira.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cambeira, Alan, 1941-

Series:

Perspectives on Latin America and the Caribbean

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dominican Republic--Civilization.

Dominican Republic.

Civilization.

Physical Description:

xi, 272 pages : maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Armonk, N.Y. ; London, England : M.E. Sharpe, [1997]

Contents:

1 Introducing Quisqueya

2 The People of The Dominican Republic

3 The Indigenous Heritage

4 The Spanish Heritage

5 Voices of Opposition

6 The Renegades: Marginal People

7 Los Cimarr<162>nes: Another Transfrontier Culture

8 The Africans: An Early Presence

9 Az<163>car: The Advent and Decline of Sugar

10 Hispaniola's Slave-Labor Plantation Economy

11 Hispaniola's Century of Misery

12 Hispaniola's Demographic Expansion: Interior Colonization

13 The Neighbor to the West: Saint-Domingue

14 The Haitian Revolution and The Neighbor to the East

15 The After-Shock: Consequences of the Haitian Revolution

16 French, Then Haitian Domination of Santo Domingo

17 A Haitian President in Santo Domingo

18 Ater Independence, More War

19 After Restoration, More Choas

20 Invasion From the Northern Colossus

21 The Era of Trujillo: 1930-1961

22 Living In the Shadow of Trujillo

23 Images In Retrospect: Defining Dominican Culture.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-260) and index.

ISBN:

1563249359

1563249367

OCLC:

35128149