Clash of Cultures retraces the United States intervention and occupation of Haiti for two decades, 1915–1934. Though the treaty of 1916, which legalized the occupation, did not place educational matters under American control, the Marines used their unlimited authority to interfere with the operation of Haitian schools. Their interference led to a clash between Haitian and American cultures over educational policy for Haiti. American officials proceeded to develop a scheme aiming at a complete take-over of the Haitian school system, which was sternly opposed by the Haitians. As the obstacles in the way of a take-over proved to be insurmountable, the Americans moved to bypass the Haitian school system by creating a system of their own through the Service Technique de l'Agriculture et de l'Enseignement Professionnel, an American controlled agency. Clash of Cultures highlights the patterns of racism which permeated educational aims and objectives pursued by American bureaucrats. It demonstrates that in the background of the cultural conflicts between Haiti and the United States lies a wider collision of cultural imperialism, between the Breton clergy who safeguarded the French culture in Haiti and the Anglo-Saxon Americans.
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Pamphile's book will become a classic in the field of Haitian and American studies. He scours American and Haitian archival sources, cites contemporary actors, and renders an elegant analysis...This is a...book...that needs to be read by all Americans as well as those others who have forgotten their own histories. (Patrick Bellegarde-Smith )
Reminiscent of the effort to "civilize" Native Americans, Dr. Pamphile's penetrating research reveals that during the occupation, the U.S. sought to pacify and control what was perceived to be an unruly and rebellious people by imposing an educational system calculated to undermine Haitian culture and national esteem. (Dr. Ron Daniels )
Reminiscent of the effort to "civilize" Native Americans, Dr. Pamphile's penetrating research reveals that during the occupation, the U.S. sought to pacify and control what was perceived to be an unruly and rebellious people by imposing an educational system calculated to undermine Haitian culture and national esteem. (Dr. Ron Daniels )
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Leon D. Pamphile is the founder and executive director of the Functional Literacy Ministry of Haiti, empowering Haitians with education, health care, and hope. He is the author of La Croix et le Glaive: l'Eglise Catholique sous l'Occupation Américaine (1991), winner of the prize for best book in 1990 from the Historical and Geographical Society of Haiti.
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