@article{ref1,
title="A Man-Made Disaster: The Earthquake of January 12, 2010— A Haitian Perspective",
journal="Journal of Black studies",
year="2011",
author="Bellegarde-Smith, Patrick",
volume="42",
number="2",
pages="264-275",
abstract="The earthquake of January 12, 2010, was not the first, nor will it be the last, to hit Haiti, a volcanic land traumatized by natural and man-made disasters from its beginning as a colony and sovereign nation. In the throes of rein-venting itself politically, socially, and culturally since the overthrow of the Duvalier dictatorship, 1957-1986, Haiti now has to reinvent itself physically. Are there bounds to the Haitians’ vaunted resilience? The author proposes to examine the aftermath of the &quot;Goudougoudou,&quot; as Haitians now call the event, relating it to other events that have taxed Haitian resolve over the course of two centuries.<p />",
language="",
issn="0021-9347",
doi="10.1177/0021934710396709",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0021934710396709"
}