Paul Farmer,Jonathan Kozol,Noam Chomsky
The Uses of Haiti ,tells the truth about uncomfortable mattersâ€”uncomfortable, that is, for the structures of power and the doctrinal framework that protects them from scrutiny. It tells the truth about what has been happening in Haiti, and the US role in its bitter fate,.â€”Noam Chomsky, from the introduction,In this third edition of the classic ,The Uses of Haiti,, Paul Farmer looks at what has happened to the health of the poor in Haiti since the coup.,Winner of a McArthur Genius Award, ,Paul Farmer, is a physician and anthropologist who has worked for 25 years in Haiti, where he serves as medical director of a hospital serving the rural poor. He is the subject of the Tracy Kidder biography, ,Mountains Beyond Mountains,.
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The Uses of Haiti