Haiti: Family Business

by Rod Prince

Almost 200 years ago, the Haitian people launched a revolution which ended slavery and established the world's first independent black republic. But it was a country 'born in ruins'. Once a source of plunder for the French colonial power, the national economy has since been a source of personal enrichment for a series of rapacious rulers. The most recent of these, 'Papa' and 'Baby Doc' Duvalier, have between them ruled Haiti for the last 30 years,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 090615619X
• ISBN13: 9780906156193
• Release Date: October 1990
• Publisher: Latin America Bureau (Lab)
• Length: 94 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.7" x 8.0"