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Description edit
Like two roosters in a fighting arena, Haiti and the Dominican Republic are encircled by barriers of geography and poverty. They co-inhabit the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, but their histories are as deeply divided as their cultures: one French-speaking and black, one Spanish-speaking and... read more
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First Sentence edit
Dangling his dead rooster by its feet, a grizzled cockfighter shuffles out the gate of the Manoguayabo cockfighting club through the parking lot, past a row of obsolete but still working hulks of cars, decrepit versions of old Russian models and American gas-guzzlers.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Michele Wucker (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Hill & Wang Pub
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1999
ISBN: 080903719X
Page Count: 281
Publisher: Hill & Wang Pub
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1999
ISBN: 080903719X
Page Count: 281
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 305
Subjects edit
- Books › History › Americas › Caribbean & West Indies › Haiti
- Books › History › Americas › Caribbean & West Indies › Dominican Republic
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Special Groups › Ethnic Studies
- Books › Law › Perspectives on Law › Non-US Legal Systems
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Sociology
- Books › History › Americas › Central America
- Books › Nonfiction › Politics
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