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Author:

Katz, Jonathan (Jonathan M.)

Title:

The big truck that went by : how the world came to save Haiti and left behind a disaster / Jonathan Katz.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Palgrave Macmillan,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

306 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Earthquake relief--Haiti.
Disaster relief--Haiti.
Haiti Earthquake, Haiti, 2010.
Economic assistance, American--Haiti.
Humanitarian assistance, American--Haiti.
Haiti--Economic conditions--21st century.
Haiti--Politics and government--21st century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

An assessment of how Haiti has fared after the 2010 earthquake reveals how the country continues to suffer from poverty, illness, and a broken infrastructure, assessing the factors that prevent aid from reaching people in need.

ISBN:

023034187X (hbk.)
9780230341876 (hbk.)

LCCN:

2012037217

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