{"product_id":"haiti-from-revolutionary-slaves-to-powerless-citizens-essays-on-the-politics-and-economics-of-underdevelopment-1804-2013-paperback","title":"Haiti: From Revolutionary Slaves to Powerless Citizens: Essays on the Politics and Economics of Underdevelopment, 1804-2013 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlex Dupuy\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis title focuses on Haiti from an international perspective. Haiti has endured undue influence from successive French and US governments; its fragile 'democracy' has been founded on subordination to and dominance of foreign powers. This book examines Haiti's position within the global economic and political order, and how the more dominant members of the international community have, in varying ways, exploited the country over the last 200 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlex Dupuy\u003c\/strong\u003e is John E. Andrus Professor of Sociology at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT, USA. He is an internationally recognized scholar and specialist on Haiti. He has lectured at universities and colleges across the USA and abroad, and has given many interviews and commentaries on Haitian affairs on local, national, and international radio and television networks, including the News Hour with Jim Lehrer, Toronto Public TV, Democracy Now!, WBAI, National Public Radio, Pacifica Radio, the BBC, the CBC, and the Australian Broadcasting Company. In addition to his many articles in professional journals and anthologies, he is the author of \u003ci\u003eHaiti in the World Economy: Class, Race, and Underdevelopment Since 1700 \u003c\/i\u003e(1987); \u003ci\u003eHaiti in the New World Order: The Limits of the Democratic Revolution \u003c\/i\u003e(1997); and \u003ci\u003eThe Prophet and Power: Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the International Community, and Haiti\u003c\/i\u003e (2007).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 172\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.37 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 26, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47404337266866,"sku":"9781857438093","price":90.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/9ba3d0c033b267a2d9c878333420fd83.webp?v=1778157855","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/haiti-from-revolutionary-slaves-to-powerless-citizens-essays-on-the-politics-and-economics-of-underdevelopment-1804-2013-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}