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Download full textCivan, Michele Burtoff; And Others – 1994
This booklet is a basic introduction to the people, history, and culture of Haiti, designed primarily for service providers and others assisting refugees in their new communities in the United States. Haitians have been arriving in the United States since the 1770s, but recent immigration can be regarded as a series of waves, each associated with…
Descriptors: Culture, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Groups
Fouron, Georges – 1989
The history of Haitian immigration to the United States is chronicled, focusing on the American social context and the Haitian response to it. Four periods are distinguished: (1) 1957-64, when the majority of Haitian immigrants were from the political and economic elite, intending to stay temporarily, and eventually losing their sense of ethnic…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Creoles, Ethnicity
