Haitians: Migration And Diaspora

by Anthony V. Catanese

Overview

In 1981 I was asked by some DePauw University students to serve as faculty adviser for a group planning to work in rural Haiti during the nearly month-long interim term. I accepted the offer for several reasons. I had enjoyed being the faculty adviser for two previous work projects in Guatemala and Jamaica. I had found the experience was educationally valuable for undergraduates, and I could use it to enhance classroom learning during the semester. In addition, the experience of living and working in a radically different environment was intellectually stimulating for me as a social scientist interested in welfare economics. Finally, because such volunteer projects were rare in the early 1980s, I realized the opportunity should not be passed up. It was a chance to see a part of the world I had heard of but knew little or nothing about except from accounts found in newspaper and magazine articles.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367010553
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/13/2019
Pages:	156
Product dimensions:	5.62(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Preface — Introduction — Duvalierism and Haiti's Vast Majority — Deforestation and Haitian Poverty — Misguided Reforestation — Haitian Refugees — The International Embargo of the 1990s — Making Haiti Livable for Its People — Haitian Americans — Transnational Linkages — Epilogue