Haitian-Dominican Counterpoint [Hardcover]

Eugenio Matibag (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 16, 2003 | ISBN-10: 0312294328 | ISBN-13: 978-0312294328

What would the island of Hispaniola look like if viewed as a loosely connected system? That is the question Haitian-Dominican Counterpoint seeks to answer as it surveys the insular space shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic throughout their parallel histories. For beneath the familiar tale of hostilities, the systemic perspective reveals a lesser-known, "unitarian" narrative of interdependencies and reciprocal influences shaping each country'sidentity. In view of the sociocultural and economic linkages connecting thetwo countries, their relations would have to resemble not so much acockfight (the conventional metaphor) as a serial and polyrhythmic counterpoint.

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"Matibag has spotted with renewed imagination an intense instance of border contact far larger in regional implications than the geographical space occupied by the fringe that binds and unbinds the related histories of Haiti and Republica Dominicana...recommended reading for any informed and discerning person interested in the region as a serious tourist or for business or academic purposes." --Eduardo Gonzalez, Johns Hopkins University

"...this book starts us thinking about the unthinkable. [Matibag] carries forward the discerning analysis of Dominican-Haitian relations begun in 1971." --James Morrell, Council for International Policy

About the Author

Eugenio Matibag is associate professor of Spanish at Iowa State Univesity. He is the author of Afro-Cuban Religious Experience: Cultural Reflections in Narrative.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 280 pages
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan (May 16, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312294328
• ISBN-13: 978-0312294328
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 6.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #858,892 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #46 in Books > History > Americas > Caribbean & West Indies > Dominican Republic

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4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book--too bad it costs so much, April 16, 2004

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This review is from: Haitian-Dominican Counterpoint (Hardcover)

Dr. Matibag has written an excellent overview of the history of the Haitian-Dominican border. It helps dispel many of the myths held by either side such as the myth that the Massacre River was named after the massacre of Haitians in 1937 (the river was so named in 1728). The book is well-written and informative. Too bad that it is so expensive. My only complaint is that it needs to have maps showing where events took place and how the borders changed, but adding maps would probably have made it even more expensive.