An Annotated Bibliography :

The Dominican Republic

Bibliography prepared by Susan Golden

Belk Library, Appalachian State University

May 1997

Alvarez,Julia Chasing the Butterflies. The Mirabals: Dominican Republic, 1960. In Martyrs: Contemporary Writers on Modern Lives of Faith. Ed. Susan Bergman. San Francisco: Harper, 1996. 132-141.

ASU STK BR 1608.5 .M38 1996

The author traces her personal involvement with the story of the Mirabal sisters, leading to the writing of her novel.

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Anderson, George M. Darkness in the Dominican Republic. America 2 Nov. 1995: V. 173, no. 16, p. 10.

The Dominican Republic's poor still endure long electrical blackouts and a government ban on improving their houses as efforts at development are aimed almost exclusively at the wealthy.

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Dominican Republic and Haiti: Country Studies. Washington, DC: Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, 1991.

ASU GOV DOC D101.22:550-36.

Lengthy analysis of many topics including history, geography, education, helath, religion, energy, transportation, labor, government, and politics. The chapter on population is data filled and particularly good for statistical analysis.

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Rohter, Larry. Three Dominican Sisters, Avenged at Last. New York Times 15 Feb. 1997: V. 146, p.4, col. 1.

Discussion of how the Mirabal sisters are finally being memorialized in their own country.

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Schoenhals, Kai. Dominican Republic. Encyclopedia of Latin America History and Culture. 1996 V. 2, 393-398.

REF F 1406.E53 1996, v.2

This article gives a good overview of the history of the country with pages 295-396 devoted to the era of Trujillo. Short bibliography appended.

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