Les Cayes, Haiti

Les Cayes, Haiti
Author: Lyonel Gerdes
Publisher: Oxford Book Writer
Total Pages: 432
Release:
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN:

In this touching memoir of a tumultuous childhood, author Lyonel Gerdes shares his experience of overcoming a rough family life. Lyonel Gerdes was born in Haiti, where he lived with his family in the titular town of Les Cayes. Over the years, the family moved from house to house, leaving Gerdes with a mixed bag of good and bad memories. Growing up in unstable homes, Gerdes soon developed multiple insecurities and feelings of unworthiness. But when the country descended into social, political, and economic chaos under the dictatorship of Duvalier, the family’s internal drama intensified. Les Cayes, Haiti offers an intimate and unflinching look at one survivor’s journey in this true story of overcoming childhood trauma.

Historical Dictionary of Haiti

Historical Dictionary of Haiti
Author: Fequiere Vilsaint
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 415
Release: 2021-08-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1538127539

This book covers the history of Haiti starting in 1492 with the initial European landing of the island to the present day. Haiti shares the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic. Haiti proclaimed its independence from France on January 1, 1804 following the only successful slave evolution in the Americas. As a result of the Haitian Revolution (1791-1804), Haiti became the first independent Latin American nation and the second independent nation in the Western Hemisphere, after the United States. Throughout its history it has suffered political violence, and a devastating earthquake which killed over 300,000 people. Historical Dictionary of Haiti, Second Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 500 cross-referenced entries on important personalities as well as aspects of the country’s politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Haiti.

The Making of Haiti

The Making of Haiti
Author: Carolyn E. Fick
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
Total Pages: 380
Release: 1990
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780870496677

"The present work is an attempt to illustrate the nature and the impact of the popular mentality and popular movements on the course of revolutionary (and, in part, postrevolutionary) events in eighteenth-century Saint-Domingue." --pref.

Clerise of Haiti

Clerise of Haiti
Author: Marie-Therese Labossiere Thomas
Publisher:
Total Pages: 374
Release: 2010-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780974582184

A young domestic worker devoted to her prominent urban employers in Les Cayes, Haiti, Clerise progressively renounces the traditional values of her rural background. When she later marries and opens a small business, class conflicts and divided loyalties develop amid the terror of the Duvalier regime, and she is ultimately caught in the escalation of violence. Clerise of Haiti is a story of three generations of Haitian women, and covers a thirty year span ending in the late 1970s. Full of humor and resilience, Clerise's unique perspective into the upper classes and the world of the poor explores the complexities of life in a provincial town and highlights the socioeconomic and political forces at play in Haiti.

Haiti

Haiti
Author: Paul Clammer
Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2016-11-01
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1841629235

A new edition of the only stand-alone guidebook on Haiti available, fully updated and with expanded content reflecting Haiti’s recent tourism expansion, and packed with practical information covering everything from accommodation, eateries and travel routes to wildlife and ‘Vodou’. A comprehensive section on birdwatching and insightful information on Haiti's rich artistic and musical heritage ensure birdwatchers and cultural enthusiasts are well catered for. Paul Clammer discusses the medicinal merits of Haitian rum, how to catch a Port-au-Prince taptap (bus) and how to check into the Graham Greene suite of the Hotel Oloffson. This new edition includes even more information on living in Haiti, more festivals – from local fêtes to big celebrations – and coverage of new tourism developments at the Citadelle, Haiti’s only UNESCO World Heritage Site. Also covered are details of other new museums either under refurbishment or soon to open. Sharing the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic, Haiti is culturally the most African of Caribbean countries, and one that is largely unknown to visitors, except through popular clichés of aid dependency and Vodou culture. An early pioneer of Caribbean tourism, since the earthquake of 2010 it has been slowly repositioning itself as an exciting new travel destination. Visitors will find historical sites to explore, such as the World Heritage-listed Citadelle (the largest fortress in the Americas), hidden beaches, and a proud people rebuilding their country and ready to welcome visitors once more.

Port-au-Prince, Haiti: Duvaliers’ Pax Haitiana Dynasty and my Coming of Age in the Time of Compas Direct and Mini Jazz… A Memoir

Port-au-Prince, Haiti: Duvaliers’ Pax Haitiana Dynasty and my Coming of Age in the Time of Compas Direct and Mini Jazz… A Memoir
Author: Lyonel Gerdes
Publisher: Oxford Book Writer
Total Pages: 321
Release:
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

Port-au-Prince, Haiti..." is a captivating memoir by Lyonel Gerdes, the sequel to his first trilogy book. The author shares his personal journey of growing up in the mid-60s to mid-70s in the beautiful neighborhood of Martissant, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Despite the magnificent views of green hills and the soothing Caribbean Sea, Gerdes faces challenging circumstances, including his family's financial struggle, emotional neglect, and seeking love in the wrong places. Through his inner strength and resilience, Gerdes overcomes these challenges and comes to terms with his dysfunctional family. The book offers readers a unique perspective on life and an inspiring message that one can still turn their earthly journey around despite the inherited condition they were dealt with.

Les Cayes, Haiti

Les Cayes, Haiti
Author: Lyonel Gerdes
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2021
Genre: Authors, Haitian
ISBN:

"Gerdes spent his formative years in a well-to-do family in Les Cayes. Even so, he did not enjoy the privileges that came with an elite household. Instead, he had to settle for second-class status and the shame that accompanied. His family moved often, each house worse than the previous. But these houses would shape Gerdes's life. In Les Gayes, Haiti, Gerdes relays the highs and lows of his young life, as well as the contempt he received from those who should've loved him. Set within a politically tumultuous time in Haiti's history, Gerdes's experience will leave readers contemplating the harsh realities that children face."--

Haiti

Haiti
Author: International Bureau of the American Republics
Publisher:
Total Pages: 20
Release: 1909
Genre: Haiti
ISBN:

African Americans and the Haitian Revolution

African Americans and the Haitian Revolution
Author: Maurice Jackson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2013-09-13
Genre: History
ISBN: 1134726139

Bringing together scholarly essays and helpfully annotated primary documents, African Americans and the Haitian Revolution collects not only the best recent scholarship on the subject, but also showcases the primary texts written by African Americans about the Haitian Revolution. Rather than being about the revolution itself, this collection attempts to show how the events in Haiti served to galvanize African Americans to think about themselves and to act in accordance with their beliefs, and contributes to the study of African Americans in the wider Atlantic World.

Empire's Guest Workers

Empire's Guest Workers
Author: Matthew Casey
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 327
Release: 2017-05-09
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1107127696

An innovative analysis of Haitian migrant experience, central to the exploration of race, politics, and development during US military occupation in Cuba.