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The uses of Haiti

Author: Paul Farmer
Publisher: Monroe, Me. : Common Courage Press, 2003.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 2nd edView all editions and formats
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This book tells the truth about uncomfortable matters, uncomfortable, that is, for the structures of power and the doctrinal framework that protects them from critical scrutiny. It tells the truth about what has been happening in Haiti, and the U.S. role in its bitter fate.
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Farmer, Paul, 1959-
Uses of Haiti.
Monroe, Me. : Common Courage Press, 2003
(OCoLC)656794556
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Paul Farmer
ISBN: 1567512429 9781567512427 1567512437 9781567512434
OCLC Number: 51774298
Notes: "An Institute for Health and Social Justice book"--P. [4] of cover.
Description: 432 p. ; 20 cm.
Contents: What's at stake in Haiti --
The uses of Haiti --
The template of a colony --
From Duvalierism to Duvalierism without Duvalier --
The power of the poor in Haiti --
The coup of 1991: the power of the rich in Haiti --
The uses of Haiti (reprise) --
A user's guide to Haiti --
On Guantánamo --
Chouchou Louis and the political economy of brutality --
Acéphie --
New myths for old --
The oppressor as savior --
Diagnosis.
Responsibility: Paul Farmer ; [with a new epilogue by the author ; introduction by Noam Chomsky ; new foreword by Jonathan Kozol].
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This book tells the truth about uncomfortable matters, uncomfortable, that is, for the structures of power and the doctrinal framework that protects them from critical scrutiny. It tells the truth about what has been happening in Haiti, and the U.S. role in its bitter fate.

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