Les Cayes, Haiti
Les Cayes, Haiti

Author: Lyonel Gerdes

Publisher: Oxford Book Writer

Published:

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13:

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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.

Clerise of Haiti
Clerise of Haiti

Author: Marie-Therese Labossiere Thomas

Publisher:

Published: 2010-10

Total Pages: 374

ISBN-13: 9780974582184

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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.

Historical Dictionary of Haiti
Historical Dictionary of Haiti

Author: Fequiere Vilsaint

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2021-08-01

Total Pages: 415

ISBN-13: 1538127539

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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

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 380

ISBN-13: 9780870496677

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"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.

Haiti
Haiti

Author: Paul Clammer

Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 1841624152

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The only dedicated guidebook to Haiti, covering everything from culture and history to living and working in Haiti.

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

Published:

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13:

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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:

Published: 2021

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13:

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"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."--

African Americans and the Haitian Revolution
African Americans and the Haitian Revolution

Author: Maurice Jackson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-09-13

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 1134726139

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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.

Environmental Health
Environmental Health

Author: Abdelhadi Makan

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2020-01-08

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 1789848946

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It took a long time for humans to recognize the existence of a direct link between environmental pollution and health deterioration. In the 1990s, scientists demonstrated the existence of this link through epidemiological studies and new technical materials that can measure accumulation effects of small toxic quantities. Consequently, concerns about human health were accentuated, and the notion of environmental health has emerged. This book covers some practices for managing, controlling, and preventing environmental factors that may affect current and future generations' health. Topics relate to either the natural or the built environment and include air and water pollution, rainwater harvesting, climate change effects, marine pollution, and ecological indicators.

Haiti
Haiti

Author: International Bureau of the American Republics

Publisher:

Published: 1909

Total Pages: 20

ISBN-13:

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