Selected Books
Haiti: from Revolutionary Slaves to Powerless Citizens by ISBN: 9781317931010Publication Date: 2014-03-05
Haiti Will Not Perish: A Recent HistoryPublication Date: 2017- Papa Doc - Baby Doc: Haiti and the DuvaliersPublication Date: 1987
Dividing Hispaniola: The Dominican Republic's Borders Campaign Against Haiti, 1930-1961Publication Date: 2016
The Unexceptional Case of Haiti: Race and class privilege in postcolonial bourgeois society by ISBN: 9781496839077Publication Date: 2022-04-19
CountryWatch: Haiti
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Primary Sources
From SCU's Collection:
- Eyewitness to Chaos: Personal Accounts of the Intervention in Haitii, 1994
- Lavil: Life, Love and Death at Port-au-Prince (this oral histories collection "gives voice to the continuing struggle of Haitian people to live, love, and prosper while trying to rebuild their city and cuntry after disasters both natural and man-made")
Primary Sources on the Web:
Digital Library of the Caribbean
"The Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) is a cooperative digital library for resources from and about the Caribbean and circum-Caribbean." Do a search on HAITI and limit your results to ENGLISH to get numerous primary documents covering the history of Haiti from colonial time to the present. You can also browse the list of books they have digitized and search for maps.
Most importantly, you can browse primary sources by type, e.g. newspaper articles only; or only photographs.
Documentaries
More documentaries on Haiti are available through KANOPY, one of our databases of streaming videos.
- Haitian SongHaitian Song is a lyrical portrait of life in a small village in rural Haiti. The film focuses on the "rituals" which compose the texture of everyday life: getting water from the river; making rope by hand from sisal; cooking rice and beans in an outdoor kitchen; planting and harvesting.
1982
50min
public performance rights
Closed captions available - Bound by HaitiBOUND BY HAITI is the story of Aaron Jackson and John Dieubon - two young international activists forced to deal with the tragedy of the Haiti earthquake first-hand. Raised on a wealthy resort, Aaron has dedicated his life to eradicating intestinal parasites in Haiti; born and orphaned in Port-au-Prince, John's mission is to inspire a new generation of Haitian children.
2010
47min
public performance rights
Closed captions not available