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    <title>Dominican Republic, a Caribbean crucible</title>
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    <namePart>Wiarda, Howard J.</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1939-2015</namePart>
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    <namePart>Kryzanek, Michael J.</namePart>
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    <publisher>Westview Press</publisher>
    <dateIssued>1982</dateIssued>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>xv, 153 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm.</extent>
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  <abstract>Part of the series Nations of Contemporary Latin America. This profile of the history, geography, culture, politics, and economics of the Dominican Republic is presented as a model of Third World and Latin American countries that are struggling toward greater, more stable economic development</abstract>
  <tableOfContents>Introduction, 1. -- The land, the people, the culture, 5. -- The pattern of historical development, 25. -- Contemporary dominican history, 39. -- Social structure and social groups, 57. -- The economy, 79. -- Political policy and policymanking, 113. -- The Dominican Republic in the international area, 133. -- Conclusion, 147</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Howard J. Wiarda, Michael J. Kryzanek.</note>
  <note>Includes index.</note>
  <note>Bibliography: pages 145-146.</note>
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  <classification authority="lcc">118 F 1934 W631d 1982</classification>
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