Monthly Archives: August 2012

Archives and Anti-Colonialism: An interview with Hans R. Schmidt

By The Public Archive | Published: August 31, 2012
HANS R. SCHMIDT is a historian and the author of the classic account of the first United States military intervention and administration of Haiti, The United States Occupation of Haiti, 1915-1934 (1971) as well as of Maverick Marine: General Smedley D. Butler and the Contradictions of American Military History (1998), a biography of the legendary [...]
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Back to school! Notes on education and student protest in Haiti

By The Public Archive | Published: August 22, 2012
The first stage was a strike among the students of the National University. They held parades through the principal streets of Port-au-Prince, protesting against the educational bureaucracy saddled upon them by President Borneo and his American educational advisors. In order to cut down national expenses, the Government [...]
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