Haiti: repere istorice, sociale și politice
Haiti: Historical, Social and Political References

Author(s): Ștefan-Iaroslav Daniel
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Social Sciences, Local History / Microhistory, Social development, Sociology of Culture
Published by: Trivent Publishing
Keywords: Haiti; colonization; UN; chronology; historical marks
Summary/Abstract: In most bibliographical references, both Anglophone and Francophone, the “birth of Hispaniola” dates back to its discovery by Cristopher Columbus. The pre-Columbian stage is much less discussed and the documentary material dedicated to it is significantly less substantial. In an attempt organize the disparate and sometimes contradictory information provided by some bibliographic sources, we have consulted several chronologies and various historiographical references that show the socio-political evolution of the whole island of Saint-Domingue. Aside from drawing a historical image of Haiti as close to reality as possible, I have considered that it would only be possible to sketch a substantiated picture of the socio-cultural, political and economic situation of this inscribed state (with a spectacular vocation for failure, on a downward spiral of generalized corruption, social chaos and overturned values and of an inexplicable rejection of any real chance for betterment) by exploring its past and identifying the mechanisms through which the “Haiti phenomenon” took place.

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