When the hands are many : community organization and social change in rural Haiti

When the hands are many : community organization and social change in rural Haiti / Jennie Marcelle Smith.

Author/creator	Smith, Jennie Marcelle
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2001.
Description	xii, 229 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Book review (H-Net)
Subject(s)	Peasants--Political activity --Haiti --Grand'Anse (Department) Peasants--Haiti --Grand'Anse (Department) --Societies, etc. Community organization--Haiti --Grand'Anse (Department) Social values--Haiti --Grand'Anse (Department) Folk songs, French Creole--Social aspects --Haiti --Grand'Anse (Department)

Contents	1. Introduction. "Americans Don't Have Democracy!" Background and Approach. The Haitian "Peasantry" Bamon and Tisous. Linguistic Issues -- 2. Persistent Legacies. Predatory Parasitism. Interventions from "Across the Water" Risking Hope. New Legacies. Persistent Dissidence -- 3. Melodic Machetes. Rural Footpaths. Sociopolitical Poetics. Agricultural Work Parties. Mardi Gras and Rara Festivities. Gwoupman Peyizan Meetings. A Refugee Camp. Recording Studios. Reflections on the Chante Pwen-s -- 4. Hoes Striking in Unison: Cooperative Labor and Community Spirit. Taking Up the Hoe. Yonn Ede Lot. Sharing Labor and Resources as a Way of Life. Collective Agricultural Labor. "The Strike of a Solitary Hoe Makes No Music" The Konbit and the Kove.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-223) and index.
Issued in other form	Online version: Smith, Jennie Marcelle. When the hands are many. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, ; 2001
LCCN	00012448
ISBN	0801437970
ISBN	9780801437977
ISBN	0801486734 (pbk.)
ISBN	9780801486739 (pbk.)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	HD1531.H2 S55 2001	✔ Available	Place Hold