Red & black in Haiti : radicalism, conflict, and political change, 1934-1957 /

Red & black in Haiti : radicalism, conflict, and political change, 1934-1957 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Smith, Matthew J. (Caribbean history scholar)
Imprint:	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2009.
Description:	1 online resource (xi, 278 pages) : illustrations, map
Language:	English
Subject:	Communism -- Haiti -- History -- 20th century. Black nationalism -- Haiti -- History -- 20th century. Radicalism -- Haiti -- History -- 20th century. Black nationalism. Communism. Politics and government Radicalism. Haiti -- Politics and government -- 1934-1971. Haiti. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12493619

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Varying Form of Title:	Red and black in Haiti
ISBN:	9780807894156 080789415X 9781469605845 1469605848 9780807832653 9780807859377 0807832650 0807859370
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-260) and index. Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 English. digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
Summary:	"In 1934 the republic of Haiti celebrated its 130th anniversary as an independent nation. In that year, too, another sort of Haitian independence occurred, as the United States ended nearly two decades of occupation. In the first comprehensive political history of postoccupation Haiti, Matthew Smith argues that the period from 1934 until the rise of dictator François Papa Doc Duvalier to the presidency in 1957 constituted modern Haiti's greatest moment of political promise. Smith emphasizes the key role that radical groups, particularly Marxists and black nationalists, played in shaping contemporary Haitian history. These movements transformed Haiti's political culture, widened political discourse, and presented several ideological alternatives for the nation's future. They were doomed, however, by a combination of intense internal rivalries, pressures from both state authorities and the traditional elite class, and the harsh climate of U.S. anticommunism. Ultimately, the political activism of the era failed to set Haiti firmly on the path to a strong independent future."--Book cover.
Other form:	Print version: Smith, Matthew J., Ph. D. Red & black in Haiti. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2009 9780807832653 0807832650

Table of Contents:

Introduction
The postoccupation dilemma: ideology and contention in the Vincent years, 1934-1941
Brown power, black protest: the Lescot regime and the culture of resistance, 1941-1945
The Haitian revolution of 1946
Now both sides of the hand have a chance: noirisme and opposition under Estime, 1946-1950
Blacks without color: military rule and radicalism in transition, 1950-1957
Conclusion.