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The earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12, 2010 piqued interest in a remarkable country with a rich history. 'Haiti Rising' brings together more than 20 of the most prominent authorities on Haiti to provide both a historical and cultural introduction to Haiti and a chance for earthquake survivors to testify to their experiences.

The primary aim of Listening to the Caribbean: Sounds of Slavery, Revolt, and Race is quite ambitious: to open up the Caribbean to a "sound studies" approach, and to thereby effect a shift in Caribbean studies away from the predominantly visual biases of most scholarly works and towards a fuller understanding of early Caribbean societies through listening in to the past. Paying close attention to auditory elements in written accounts of slavery and revolts allows us to unlock the sounds that are registered and recorded there, so that not only does one gain a more sensorially full...