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<ref name=cs>Author. "Title". ''[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/httoc.html A Country Study: Haiti]'' (Richard A. Haggerty, editor). [[Library of Congress]] [[Federal Research Division]] (December 1989). ''This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.''[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/about.html]</ref>

   *  Haiti
   * Foreword
   * Acknowledgements
   * Preface
   * Introduction
   * Country Profile: Haiti - Visit new updated Profile (PDF)
         o Country
         o Geography
         o Society
         o Economy
         o Transportation and Communications
         o Governemtn and Politics
         o National Security 

   * Chapter 6 - Haiti: Historical Setting (Anne Greene)
         o Spanish Discovery and Colonization
         o French Colonialism
               + French Settlement and Sovereignty
               + Colonial Society: The Conflicts of Color and Class 
         o The Haitian Revolution
               + The Slave Rebellion of 1791
               + Toussaint Louverture 
         o Independent Haiti
               + Christophe's Kingdom and Pétion's Republic
               + Boyer: Expansion and Decline 
         o Decades of Instability, 1843-1915
         o The United States Occupation, 1915-34
         o Politics and the Military, 1934-57
         o François Duvalier 1957-71
         o Jean-Claude Duvalier, 1971-86 

   * Chapter 7 - Haiti: The Society and Its Environment (Glenn R. Smucker)
         o Geography
         o Population
               + Demographic Profile
               + Migration
               + Fertility and Family Planning 
         o Social Structure and subsections now in Social class in Haiti
         o Gender Roles and Family Life
         o The Language Question
               + French and Creole
               + Changes in Language Use
               + Creole, Literacy, and Education 
         o Religious Life
               + Voodoo
               + Roman Catholicism
               + Protestantism 
         o Education
               + Primary Schools
               + Secondary Education
               + Higher Education 
         o Health
               + Nutrition and Disease
               + Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
               + Health Services
               + Welfare 

   * Chapter 8 - Haiti: The Economy (Boulos A. Malik)
         o Growth and Structure of the Economy
         o Economic Policy
               + Fiscal Policy
                     # Expenditures
                     # Revenues 
               + Monetary and Exchange-Rate Policies 
         o Labor
         o Agriculture
               + Land Tenure and Land Policy
               + Land Use and Farming Technology
               + Crops
                     # Cash Crops
                     # Food Crops 
               + Forestry
               + Livestock and Fishing 
         o Industry
               + Manufacturing
                     # Assembly Manufacturing
                     # Domestic Manufacturing 
               + Construction
               + Mining
               + Energy 
         o Services
               + Banking and Financial Services
               + Transportation and Communications
               + Tourism 
         o Foreign Economic Relations
               + Foreign Trade
               + Balance of Payments
               + Foreign Debt
               + Foreign Assistance 

   * Chapter 9 - Haiti: Government and Politics (Robert E. Maguire)
         o Background: From Duvalier to Avril, 1957-89
         o The Constitutional Framework
         o The Governmental System
               + Governmental Institutions
               + The Functions of the State
               + Urban Dominance, Rural Stagnation 
         o Political Dynamics
               + Power Maintenance
               + Army Politics: Force and Counterforce
               + The President as Strongman
               + Perceptions of Democracy
               + The Mass Media 
         o Interest Groups
               + The Tonton Makout Network
               + Political Parties
               + The Upper and the Middle Classes
               + Other Groups 
         o Foreign Relations 

   * Chapter 10 - Haiti: National Security (Jean Tartter)
         o The Military in Haitian History
         o Army Politics in the 20th Century
               + François Duvalier, 1957-71
               + Jean-Claude Duvalier, 1971-86
               + The Post-Duvalier Period 
         o The Role of the Armed Forces
         o Military Spending and Foreign Assistance
         o Armed Forces Organization Structure
         o The Judicial System and Public Order
               + The Legal Framework
               + Public Order 

   * Appendices
         o Appendix A. Tables
         o Appendix B. Caribbean Basin Initiative 
   * Bibliography
   * Glossary