INTRODUCTION
GEOGRAPHY AND THE ABORIGINAL POPULATION
Geography
3,000 years of migration
Aboriginal lifestyle
Family and social structure
Political organization
Myths and religious expression
THE EARLY SPANISH RULE (1492-1606)
Gold, Indians, and encomiendas
Sugar and slaves
Cattle and contraband
The “devastaciones”
THE ISLAND DIVIDED (1607-1697)
The loss of the western lands
Misery and decadence in Santo Domingo
Contacts with the French
Conflicts with the French
THE FRONTIER (1697-1789)
The French and thc cattle trade
The repopulation of the border areas
The politics of the cattle trade
Impact of the intercolonial trade
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION IN SANTO DOMINGO (1789-1809)
The Haitian Revolution
Cession to France
French rule in Santo Domingo
THE HAITIAN DOMINATION (1809-1843)
The “Expana Boba”
The land question
The Rural Code
Economic crisis and political unrest
The overthrow of Boyer
SEPARATION FROM HAITI AND INDEPENDENCE (1843-1844)
Conspiracy
Independence
THE FIRST CAUDILLOS: SANTANA AND BAEZ (1844-1856)
Pedro Santana
Buenaventura Baez vs. Pedro Santana
THE REVOLUTION OF 1857 (1857-1858)
The economic structure
The monetary question
The revolution
ANNEXATION TO SPAIN AND REPUBLICAN RESTORATION (1859-1865)
Financial and political crisis
Annexation
The Restoration War
CAUDILLO POLITICS AND POLITICAL INSTABILITY (1865-1879)
Post-Restoration politics
Annexation to the United States
Rojos, Verdes, and Azules
THE LIBERALS IN POWER (1879-1886)
The Azul governments
The Azul Party and the economy
ULISES HEUREAUX (1886-1899)
Installing the dictatorship
Financial embroilment
TOWARD A U.S. PROTECTORATE (1899-1911)
External debt and political crisis
U.S. financial intervention
The Dominican-American Convention
Ramon Caceres and the U.S. protectorate
THE COLLAPSE OF SOVEREIGNTY(1911-1916)
Political chaos and U.S. involvement
Juan Isidro Jimenes and the U.S. tutelage
THE U.S. MILITARY OCCUPATION (1916-1924)
Imposing military rule
Economic change during World War I
Nationalist resistance
Ending the occupation
The occupation’s impact
HORACIO VASQUEZ AND THE RISE OF TRUJILLO (1924-193)
Under the U.S. protectorate
Return to caudillo politics
The rise of Trujillo
THE ERA OF TRUJILLO (1930-1961)
Trujillo’s ambitions
Economic policies
The Haitian question
Political stability
The collapse of the dictatorship
The impact of Trujillo’s rule
DEMOCRACY VS. NEO-TRUJILLOISM (1961-1978)
Democratization and civil war
Twelve years of Neo-Trujilloism
SOCIAL-DEMOCRATS IN POWER (1978-1986)
Antonio Guzman
Salvador Jorge Blanco
BALAGUER’S RETURN (1986-1990)
The destruction of Jorge Blanco
An economic dictatorship
Caudillism, elections, and crisis
MARXISTS VS SOCIAL DEMOCRATS (1996-2004)
Leonel Fernandez and the Marxists’ paradox
The Lost Opportunity of Hipolito Mejia
MAPS
BIBLIOGRAPHY