Saving Haiti's Heritage: Cultural Recovery After the Earthquake

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ISBN-10:

061555153X

ISBN-13:

9780615551531

Author(s): Richard Kurin
Released: Jan 01, 2011
Format: Hardcover, 242 pages

Description:

The earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12, 2010 devastated its capital region, killing 300,000, leaving over a million people homeless, and a nation in ruins. Haiti‘s museums, churches, art galleries, libraries, and archives were destroyed, damaged, or endangered. Troves of historical books and documents, treasured artistic works and architectural features, and artifacts of great cultural significance all were at risk of being lost forever. Haitians take great pride in their cultural heritage. It informs their identity as a people. That heritage grows out of their historic struggles for freedom; it gives them strength to persevere and survive; it provides the basis for creativity evident in a vibrant and robust living culture, and is an asset in the economic life of a nation. The Haiti Cultural Recovery Project sought to rescue, recover, safeguard, and help restore Haiti‘s cultural heritage in the aftermath of the catastrophic earthquake. This book documents that effort. It

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