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Culture Summary: Haitians

Human Relations Area FilesNew HavenPublished In 2012 • Pages:

By: Lawless, Robert.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a culture summary of the Haitian people. Information is presented on major aspects of the Haitian culture.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Identification
Culture summary
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Haitians
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2012
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Middle America and the Caribbean
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Caribbean
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
essay
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Ethnologist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
4: Excellent Secondary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Teferi Abate Adem; 2012
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
not specified
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Haiti
NotesAdditional notes
Robert Lawless
This culture summary is from the article "Haitian in the Caribbean" by Robert Lawless in the Encyclopedia of World Cultures,Vol. 8, Middle America and Caribbean, James W. Dow, 1995 Population was updated July 2012.
Includes bibliographical references
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Haitians