Clash of Cultures: America's Educational Strategies in Occupied Haiti, 1915-1934 - Paperback

by Leon D. Pamphile (Author)

Clash of Cultures retraces the United States intervention and occupation of Haiti for two decades, 1915-1934 and highlights the patterns of racism which permeated educational aims and objectives pursued by American bureaucrats.

Author Biography

Leon D. Pamphile is the founder and executive director of the Functional Literacy Ministry of Haiti, empowering Haitians with education, health care, and hope. He is the author of La Croix et le Glaive: l'Eglise Catholique sous l'Occupation Américaine (1991), winner of the prize for best book in 1990 from the Historical and Geographical Society of Haiti.