Foundations of Despotism: Peasants, the Trujillo Regime, and Modernity in Dominican History by Richard Lee Turits

Foundations of Despotism: Peasants, the Trujillo Regime, and Modernity in Dominican History

Richard Lee Turits

384 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction history dark tense medium-paced
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This book explores the history of the Dominican Republic as it evolved from the first European colony in the Americas into a modern nation under the rule of Rafael Trujillo. It investigates the social foundations of Trujillo's exceptionally enduri...

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