29682: Leiderman: resource: water-under-the-bridge department (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

16 December 2006
leiderman@mindspring.com

dear Readers:

I was looking at what's available online about Haiti's cross-border geography with Dominican Republic, and came across this seemingly comprehensive site:
<http://reference.allrefer.com/country-guide-study/haiti/> with the famous Natl Geog photo <http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/dominican_republic/do03_04a.jpg> in the D.R. section.  the only trouble is, both chapters are fifteen years old!  is this where kids surf to learn their countries?  world peace, anyone?

thanks,

Stuart Leiderman
leiderman@mindspring.com

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<http://reference.allrefer.com/country-guide-study/haiti/>

Haiti -- Country Guide

INTRODUCTION
COUNTRY PROFILE: Haiti
COUNTRY
GEOGRAPHY
SOCIETY
ECONOMY
TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
NATIONAL SECURITY
Haiti: Historical Setting
SPANISH DISCOVERY AND COLONIZATION
FRENCH COLONIALISM
French Settlement and Sovereignty
Colonial Society: The Conflicts of Color and Class
THE HAITIAN REVOLUTION
The Slave Rebellion of 1791
Toussaint Louverture
INDEPENDENT HAITI
Christophe's Kingdom and PÃtion's Republic
Boyer: Expansion and Decline
DECADES OF INSTABILITY, 1843-1915
THE UNITED STATES OCCUPATION, 1915-34
POLITICS AND THE MILITARY, 1934-57
FRANÃOIS DUVALIER, 1957-71
JEAN-CLAUDE DUVALIER, 1971-86
Haiti: The Society and Its Environment
GEOGRAPHY
POPULATION
Demographic Profile
Migration
Fertility and Family Planning
SOCIAL STRUCTURE
The Upper Class
The Middle Class
Peasants
Urban Lower Class
GENDER ROLES AND FAMILY LIFE
THE LANGUAGE QUESTION
French and Creole
Changes in Language Use
Creole, Literacy, and Education
RELIGIOUS LIFE
Voodoo
Roman Catholicism
Protestantism
EDUCATION
Primary Schools
Secondary Education
Higher Education
HEALTH
Nutrition and Disease
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
Health Services
Welfare
Haiti: The Economy
GROWTH AND STRUCTURE OF THE ECONOMY
ECONOMIC POLICY
Fiscal Policy
Expenditures
Revenues
Monetary and Exchange-Rate Policies
LABOR
AGRICULTURE
Land Tenure and Land Policy
Land Use and Farming Technology
Crops
Cash Crops
Food Crops
Forestry
Livestock and Fishing
INDUSTRY
Manufacturing
Assembly Manufacturing
Domestic Manufacturing
Construction
Mining
Energy
SERVICES
Banking and Financial Services
Transportation and Communications
Tourism
FOREIGN ECONOMIC RELATIONS
Foreign Trade
Balance of Payments
Foreign Debt
Foreign Assistance
Section - Haiti: Government and Politics
BACKGROUND: FROM DUVALIER TO AVRIL, 1957-89
THE CONSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
THE GOVERNMENTAL SYSTEM
Governmental Institutions
The Functions of the State
Urban Dominance, Rural Stagnation
POLITICAL DYNAMICS
Power Maintenance
Army Politics: Force and Counterforce
The President as Strongman
Perceptions of Democracy
The Mass Media
INTEREST GROUPS
The Tonton Makout Network
Political Parties
The Upper and the Middle Classes
Other Groups
FOREIGN RELATIONS
Section - Haiti: National Security
THE MILITARY IN HAITIAN HISTORY
ARMY POLITICS IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
FranÃois Duvalier, 1957-71
Jean-Claude Duvalier, 1971-86
The Post-Duvalier Period
THE ROLE OF THE ARMED FORCES
MILITARY SPENDING AND FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
ARMED FORCES ORGANIZATION AND STRUCTURE
THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM AND PUBLIC ORDER
The Legal Framework
Public Order
Appendices
Appendix A. Tables
Appendix B. Caribbean Basin Initiative
Glossary