9258; 15 book list from 1995

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

Back in 1995 we had a discussion about the SET of 15
books we as a group would recommend to relative
newcomers to Haiti.  The discussion raged on for
many weeks, and the final list I sent out is below.

I had introduced the question both to have avaialbe
for people like Casey, and to use in my own courses
on the history of Haiti.

THis is our 1995 task and final list:

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Bob Corbett 12/18/95 

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My original post for discussion of a 15 book reading list didn't do the
job I had hoped -- ending up with a 15 book reading list that could be
recommended to the *relative newcomer* or to students. 

PLEASE NOTE: TASK -- It was not to name your favorite books. Rather, what
15 books, taken *as a set* might one recommend to a relatively newcomer to
Haiti, such that if they read the list they would have a fairly good
overview of Haiti. 

ALSO NOTE: This is not a list for seasoned scholars, but for relative
newcomers wanting a decent overview of Haiti. 

GROUND RULES: The list will be strictly limited to 15 titles. If you
recommend a different title you MUST tell what you would delete in favor
of it, or your entry will not be accepted. If you want a new category,
what book gets dropped from some other category to make room for your new
category and title in it? Thanks, Bob Corbett 

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General histories: 

1. Heinl and Heinl: WRITTEN IN BLOOD 
2. Nicholls: FROM DESSALINE TO DUVALIER 

Revolution: 

3. Ott: THE HAITIAN REVOLUTION 

Relations with the U.S.: 

4: Plummer: HAITI AND THE UNITED STATE: THE PHYCHOLOGICAL 
	MOMENT 

Duvalier: 

5. Trouillot: HAITI, STATE AGAINST NATION 

Art: 

6. Rodman: WHERE ART IS JOY. 

Voodoo: 

7. Brown: MAMA LOLA 
8. Hurbon: VOODOO: SEARCH FOR THE SPIRIT 

Culture: 

9. Courlander: THE DRUM AND THE HOE 

Haiti via fiction: 

10. Depestre: THE FESTIVAL OF THE GREASY POLE 
11. Roumain: MASTERS OF THE DEW 

Relatively contemporary: 

12. Farmer: USES OF HAITI 

Miscellaneous: 

13: Fass: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF HAITI 
14: Price-Mars: THUS SPOKE THE UNCLE 
15: Lawless: HAITI'S BAD PRESS 

Hey, I like it. Might be a great syllabus for my next course on Haiti. Bob 

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Should we reopen this whole discussion?

Bob Corbett