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The Uses of Haiti

by Paul Farmer

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Publisher Comments:

The Uses of Haiti tells the truth about uncomfortable matters-uncomfortable, that is, for the structures of power and the doctrinal framework that protects them from scrutiny. It tells the truth about what has been happening in Haiti, and the US role in its bitter fate.-Noam Chomsky, from the introduction

In this third edition of the classic The Uses of Haiti, Paul Farmer looks at what has happened to the health of the poor in Haiti since the coup.

Winner of a McArthur Genius Award, Paul Farmeris a physician and anthropologist who has worked for 25 years in Haiti, where he serves as medical director of a hospital serving the rural poor. He is the subject of the Tracy Kidder biography, Mountains Beyond Mountains.

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About the Author

Paul Farmer is Professor of Medical Anthropology at Harvard medical School and Founding Director of Partners in Health. The subject of a just released biography by Tracy Kidder, Farmer is the author of The Uses of Haiti, Infections and Inequalities, and AIDS and Accusation. Greg Bates is Publisher at Common Courage Press.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9781567513448
Foreword:
Kozol, Jonathan
Introduction:
Chomsky, Noam
Introduction:
Chomsky, Noam
Foreword:
Kozol, Jonathan
Author:
Kozol, Jonathan
Author:
Farmer, Paul
Author:
Chomsky, Noam
Publisher:
Common Courage Press
Subject:
United states
Subject:
Poor
Subject:
International Relations - General
Subject:
Caribbean & West Indies - General
Subject:
General History
Subject:
Haiti Politics and government 1986-
Subject:
Haiti Relations United States.
Copyright:
2006
Edition Number:
3
Publication Date:
December 2005
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
479
Dimensions:
7.00 x 5.00 in
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