Mary A. Renda is assistant professor of history and women's studies at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts.
"Taking Haiti" provides a superb analysis of the complex cultural
meanings of the Haitian occupation as well as its aftermath on the
North American mainland. (Gail Bederman, University of Notre
Dame)
Renda uses a wide collection of materials from diaries, memoirs,
letters, books, plays, and the arts to produce an excellent
cultural study of the development of American imperialism.
Recommended for all libraries. ("Library Journal")
Renda's interpretation of Haiti as 'America's Africa' combines an
empathetic analysis of the American military presence with a
provocative discussion of interventionist paternalism's impact on
America's identity. (Dennis E. Showalter, Colorado College)
Renda draws from a wide variety of texts--marines' memoirs,
missionary reports, pulp fiction, official documents, African
American and Haitian literature--to suggest the multiple meanings
of the United States occupation of Haiti. (Emily S. Rosenberg,
Macalester College)
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