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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798021903321

Autore

Paulino Edward

Titolo

Dividing Hispaniola : the Dominican Republic's border campaign against Haiti, 1930-1961 / / Edward Paulino

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pittsburgh Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-8229-8103-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Collana

Pitt Latin American Series

Disciplina

327.729307294

Soggetti

Dominican-Haitian Conflict, 1937

Dominican Republic Foreign relations Haiti

Haiti Foreign relations Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic History 1930-1961

Haiti History 1934-1986

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

"The barbarians who threaten this part of the world": protecting the unenforceable -- "Making crosses on his chest": U.S. racism confronts a border insurgency -- "A systematic campaign of extermination": racial agenda on the border -- "Demands of civilization": changing identity by remapping and renaming -- "Silent invasions": anti-Haitian propaganda -- "Instructed to register as white or mulatto": white numerical ascendency -- Epilogue: "return to the source".