Records of the Department of State relating to political relations between the U.S. and Haiti, 1945-1959 [electronic resource].

Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
[Farmington Hills, MI] : Gale Cengage Learning, 2011.
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1 online resource (1,899 p.)

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Digitized version of microfilm collection of eclassified diplomatic correspondence between the U.S. State Department and the embassies and consulates within the country. They concern all kinds of matters, including commercial, political, and diplomatic topics of the period, including the role of U.S. citizens within the country, U.S. companies, and any U.S. agencies that had business there. The assessment of political and economic events is also included. This collection documents the turbulent period that includes 1950 coup by General Paul Magloire, the 1957 elections in which Francois Duvalier (Papa Doc) was first elected on a populist platform and the beginnings of the creation of the Duvalier dynasty (1957-1986), including a coup attempt in 1959.
Notes
  • Title from collection description page (viewed on August 14, 2012).
  • Source library: U.S. National Archives.
  • Historical coverage for the period 1945-1959.
  • Areas of research supported by this collection include: Black nationalism, Cold War, Coup d'etat, Dumarsais Estime, Elie Lescot, Francois Duvalier, General Paul Eugene Magloire, issues around race, labor relations, Mulatto elite, national labor conference of 1949, nationalization of standard fruit, Noiriste government, political repression of dissidents, populism, problems with debt, provisional government, and Tonton Macoutes.
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Records of the Department of State relating to political relations between the United States and Haiti, 1945-1959
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World scholar. Latin America & the Carribean
OCLC
793864819
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