The Idea of Haiti: Rethinking Crisis and Development

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments This volume would not be possible without the important scholarship from the authors in this book. Furthermore, I would like to thank the following individuals, groups, and institutions for their friendship, work, and support of this project: Judy C. Polyné, Cedric Johnson, Chantalle F. Verna, Matthew Smith,GinaUlysse,N.D.B.Connolly,JosePerillan,ShawnChristian,George Shulman, Jack Tchen, Colin Palmer and the Scholars-in-Residence at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (2012), Susanne Wofford andLindaReissatNYU’sGallatinSchoolofIndividualizedStudy,theHaitian StudiesAssociation,theCenterforAfricanaStudiesattheUniversityofPennsylvania , the Center for Africana Studies at the Johns Hopkins University, Nottingham Contemporary Museum, University of Rochester, Vassar College , Wheaton College (RI), City College of the City University of New York, SUNY, College at Old Westbury, Hofstra University, the editorial staff at University of Minnesota Press, and the amazing photography at Fotokonbit. ix ...