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12 aņos de Balaguer (Paperback)
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Chronography of Balaguer's first 12 years in power, known as the infamous "Los Doce Aņos", a period in the life of the republic that is mired in controversy.
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The Dictator Next Door (Paperback)
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In this book Rorda examines the relations between the Dominican Republic and the United States after Trujillo's ascension to power.
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Atipico: El Ejercicio del Poder como una Aventura, Hipolito Mejia 2000-2004 (Paperback)
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With the title Atipico (Atypical) the reader might be led to believe that this book is a novel, this is why a subtitle was added to clarify its meaning. The content of the book, however, is not too distant from the "Magic Realism" movement that has characterized the Latin American novel in the last decades and that describes the expert treatment of fantasy.
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Movimiento 14 de Junio: Historia y Documentos (Paperback)
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During the bloodiest dictatorships Latin America ever met a group of young Dominicans organized an invasion which took place June 14, 1959 with the objective of trying to overtake Rafael Leonidas Trujillo regime. A group of young people, led by lawyer Manolo Tavarez Justo subsequently organized a clandestine movement named itself June 14 Movement (Movimiento 14 de Junio).
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The Militarization of Culture in the Dominican Republic, From the Captains General to General Trujillo (Hardcover)
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She shows how the brutal Trujillo dictatorship created La Nueva Patria (The New Fatherland) to promote a new order and present the military as a model for society, imposing military principles on the civil society and mixing military culture with popular culture to reshape the nation.
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Race and Politics in the Dominican Republic (Paperback)
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The first book-length study of antihaitianismo, this work offers important lessons for studying racial and ethnic conflict as well as nationalism and comparative politics.
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Naboth's Vineyard: The Dominican Republic 1844-1924 (Hardcover)
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Considered one of the most important history books ever written about the history of Hispaniola and the relationship between the nations of Haiti and the Dominican Republic during 1844 through 1944 by then US Undersecretary of State in charge of Latin American affairs Sumner Wells.
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Taino Indian Myth and Practice: The Arrival of the Stranger King (Hardcover)
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Keegan examines how myths come to resonate as history--created by the chaotic interactions of the individuals who lived the events of the past as well as those who write and read about them.
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Tainos: Sus Huellas en el Caribe (Paperback)
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Tainos: Sus Huellas en el Caribe serves as an introduction to their history, culture and contributions to the Dominican culture with colorful illustrations, and a language that is easily understood by young readers. Adults might find the book useful as a first-step reading on the subject.
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Historia Dominicana 4 [Texbook] (Paperback)
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To know a people you have to know their history. To know them well, you need to know what they know about their own history. With this in mind we offer this book, the Dominican history textbook (4th grade, secondary education).
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