Richard A. Haggerty, ed. Haiti: A Country Study. Washington: GPO for the Library of Congress, 1989.

History
SPANISH DISCOVERY AND COLONIZATION
FRENCH COLONIALISM
French Settlement and Sovereignty
Colonial Society
THE HAITIAN REVOLUTION
The Slave Rebellion of 1791
Toussaint Louverture
INDEPENDENT HAITI
Christophe's Kingdom and Pétion's Republic
Boyer: Expansion and Decline
DECADES OF INSTABILITY, 1843-1915
THE UNITED STATES OCCUPATION, 1915-34
POLITICS AND THE MILITARY, 1934-57
FRANÇOIS DUVALIER, 1957-71
JEAN-CLAUDE DUVALIER, 1971-86

Geography

Society
POPULATION
Migration
Fertility and Family Planning
SOCIAL STRUCTURE
The Upper Class
The Middle Class
Peasants
Urban Lower Class
GENDER ROLES AND FAMILY LIFE
LANGUAGE
French and Creole
Changes in Language Use
Creole, Literacy, and Education
RELIGION
Voodoo
Roman Catholicism
Protestantism
EDUCATION
Primary Schools
Secondary Education
Higher Education
HEALTH
Nutrition and Disease
AIDS
Health Services
Welfare

The Economy
GROWTH AND STRUCTURE OF THE ECONOMY
ECONOMIC POLICY
LABOR
AGRICULTURE
Land Tenure and Land Policy
Land Use and Farming Technology
Cash Crops
Food Crops
Forestry
Livestock and Fishing
INDUSTRY
Manufacturing
Assembly Manufacturing
Domestic Manufacturing
Construction
Mining
Energy
SERVICES
Banking and Financial Services
Tourism
FOREIGN TRADE

Government and Politics
FROM DUVALIER TO AVRIL, 1957-89
THE CONSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
THE GOVERNMENTAL SYSTEM
Governmental Institutions
The Functions of the State
Urban Dominance, Rural Stagnation
POLITICAL DYNAMICS
Power Maintenance
Army Politics
The President
Perceptions of Democracy
The Mass Media
INTEREST GROUPS
The Tonton Makout Network
Political Parties
The Upper and the Middle Classes
Other Groups
FOREIGN RELATIONS

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