Peasant Resistance to State Demands in the Cibao During the U.S. Occupation

Miguel, Pedro L. San; Berryman, Phillip

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“…During the occupation, which lasted until 1924, American authorities worked to destroy peasant guerilla resistance in the East, enforce rural vagrancy laws, and better control the border. This led to resistance from rural residents across the country (San Miguel & Berryman 1995;Filomena González 2008).…”

Section: The Dominican Republic Prior To 1930mentioning

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“A Veil of Legality”

Hintzen

2016

New West Indian Guide

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This article explores the history of Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo’s anti-Haitian policies by examining two unstudied dimensions of the government’s campaign against Haitian migrants. Archival records reveal that Trujillo attempted to implement a clandestine plan to deport Haitians prior to the 1937 massacre on the border. However, this plan failed because local officials resisted government attempts to supersede their authority. I contend this led Trujillo to order the massacre in order to compel obedience from rural authorities and to destroy Haitian-Dominican networks. While in the border region these goals were accomplished with violence, Trujillo pursued a different strategy in sugar-producing areas. Because of the economic importance of sugar, the Trujillo regime began to employ extralegal coercion to force Haitians in the country onto sugar plantations, and to inextricably link Haitian identity with cutting sugarcane. In implementing such policies, government officials again faced resistance from local communities.

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Section: The Dominican Republic Prior To 1930mentioning

confidence: 99%

“A Veil of Legality”

Hintzen

2016

New West Indian Guide

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Export Processing Zones in the Dominican Republic: Schools or Stopgaps?

Schrank

2008

World Development

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A Narrative from the Margins: Community and Agency during the US Occupation of the Dominican Republic, 1916–1924

Rodríguez

2022

Hist. of Ed. Quarterly

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While US and Dominican officials have traditionally received credit for the expansion of the public school system during the US military occupation of the Dominican Republic from 1916 to 1924, this article offers an alternative account by focusing on the role of guardians, or caretakers, in supporting and creating schools in this period. Drawing from sources from the Department of Public Instruction in the Dominican Republic and analyzing them “against the archival grain,” I argue that Dominican guardians were pivotal to the expansion of the Dominican school system and key actors in shaping the educational landscape during this period. Not only did guardians construct and maintain most of the schools opened during the US occupation, but they also shaped school policy. Most significantly, through their grassroots efforts, guardians and other volunteers ensured that schools in the Dominican Republic continued to operate during the financial crisis of 1921 that bankrupted the school system.

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Peasant Resistance to State Demands in the Cibao During the U.S. Occupation

Cited by 4 publications

References 8 publications

“A Veil of Legality”

“A Veil of Legality”

Export Processing Zones in the Dominican Republic: Schools or Stopgaps?

A Narrative from the Margins: Community and Agency during the US Occupation of the Dominican Republic, 1916–1924

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