Originally published: New York ; London : A.A. Knopf, 1937. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The African heritage -- What the slaves found in Haiti -- Working the amalgam -- The setting of Haitian life -- Birth, childhood, and adolescence -- Mating and marriage -- Property, wealth, and the family -- What is "voodoo"? -- Vodun worship : the service -- Vodun worship : the dance -- The cult of twins and of the dead -- Magic, good and bad -- Africa and Europe in Haitian life -- Catholicism and vodun -- Some wider implications.
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