ABSTRACT

A history of the Dominican Republic from pre-Columbian times to the present. The book focuses on the merger of three cultures across time - the indiginous cultures of the Caribbean, the Iberians of southern Europe and the Africans.

chapter |13 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|10 pages

Introducing Quisqueya

chapter 2|6 pages

The People of the Dominican Republic

chapter 3|12 pages

The Indigenous Heritage

chapter 4|12 pages

The Spanish Heritage

chapter 5|7 pages

Voices of Opposition

chapter 6|8 pages

The Renegades Marginal People

chapter 7|7 pages

Los Cimarrones

Another Transfrontier Culture

chapter 8|14 pages

The Africans

An Early Presence

chapter 9|7 pages

Azúcar

The Advent and Decline of Sugar

chapter 11|6 pages

Hispaniola's Century of Misery

chapter 12|6 pages

Hispaniola's Demographic Expansion

Interior Colonization

chapter 13|9 pages

The Neighbor to the West

Saint-Domingue

chapter 15|5 pages

The After-Shock

Consequences of the Haitian Revolution

chapter 17|5 pages

A Haitian President in Santo Domingo

chapter 18|6 pages

After Independence, More War

chapter 19|6 pages

After Restoration, More Chaos

chapter 20|14 pages

Invasion from the Northern Colossus

chapter 21|11 pages

The Era of Trujillo 1930–1961

chapter 22|22 pages

Living in the Shadow of Trujillo

chapter 23|28 pages

Conclusions

Dreaming Jointly in Defining Dominican Culture

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