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INTRODUCTION 9
1. GEOGRAPHY AND THE ABORIGINAL POPULATION 13
Geography 13
3,000 years of migration 16
Aboriginal lifestyle 18
Family and social structure 20
Political organization 22
Myths and religious expression 24
2. THE EARLY SPANISH RULE (1492-1606) 29
Gold, Indians, and encomiendas 29
Sugar and slaves 37
Cattle and contraband 42
The "devastaciones" 45
3. THE ISLAND DIVIDED (1607-1697) 51
The loss of the western lands 51
Misery and decadence in Santo Domingo 58
Contacts with the French 64
Conflicts with the French 68
4. THE FRONTIER (1697-1789) 73
The French and the cattle trade 73
The repopulation of the border areas 77
The politics of the cattle trade 80
Impact of the intercolonial trade 87
5. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION IN SANTO DOMINGO (1789-1809) 91
The Haitian Revolution 91
Cession to France 98
French rule in Santo Domingo 106
6. THE HAITIAN DOMINATION (1809-1843) 117
The "Espafia Boba" 117
The land question 124
The Rural Code 130
Economic crisis and political unrest 133
The overthrow of Boyer 138
7. SEPARATION FROM HAITI AND INDEPENDENCE (1843-1844) 143
Conspiracy 143
Independence 153
8. THE FIRST CAUDILLOS: SANTANA AND BAEZ (1844-1856) 165
Pedro Santana 165
Buenaventura Baez vs. Pedro Santana 174
9. THE REVOLUTION OF 1857 (1857-1858) 185
The economic structure 185
The monetary question 188
The revolution 192
10. ANNEXATION TO SPAIN
AND REPUBLICAN RESTORATION (1859-1865) 197
Financial and political crisis 197
Annexation 200
The Restoration War 210
11. CAUDILLO POLITICS AND POLITICAL INSTABILITY (1865-1879) 219
Post-Restoration politics 219
Annexation to the United States 226
Rojos, Verdes, and Azules 232
12. THE LIBERALS IN POWER (1879-1886) 245
The Azul governments 245
The Azul Party and the economy 255
13. ULISES HEUREAUX (1886-1899) 265
Installing the dictatorship 265
Financial embroilment 272
14. TOWARD A U.S. PROTECTORATE (1899-1911) 279
External debt and political crisis 279
U.S. financial intervention 287
The Dominican-American Convention 291
Ram6n Caceres and the U.S. protectorate 295
15. THE COLLAPSE OF SOVEREIGNTY (1911-1916) 305
Political chaos and U.S. involvement 305
Juan Isidro Jimenes and the U.S. tutelage 312
16. THE U.S. MILITARY OCCUPATION (1916-1924) 321
Imposing military rule 321
Economic change during World War I 324
Nationalist resistance 327
Ending the occupation 333
The occupation's impact 336
17. HORACIO VASQUEZ AND THE RISE OF TRUJILLO (1924-1930) 341
Under the U.S. protectorate 341
Return to caudillo politics 346
The rise of Trujillo 351
18. THE ERA OF TRUJILLO (1930-1961) 357
Trujillo's ambitions 357
Economic policies 361
The Haitian question 367
Political stability 370
The collapse of the dictatorship 371
The impact of Trujillo's rule 374
19. DEMOCRACY VS. NEO-TRUJILLOISM (1961-1978) 381
Democratization and civil war 381
Twelve years of Neo-Trujilloism 391
20. SOCIAL-DEMOCRATS IN POWER (1978-1986) 405
Antonio Guzman 405
Salvador Jorge Blanco 412
21. BALAGUER'S RETURN (1986-1990) 423
The destruction of Jorge Blanco 423
An economic dictatorship 427
Caudillism, elections, and crisis 435
MAPS 445
BIBLIOGRAPHY 457
INDEX 505
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Dominican Republic History