The Big Truck That Went By
How the World Came to Save Haiti and Left Behind a Disaster
(Sprache: Englisch)
In The Big Truck That Went By award-winning writer Jonathan Katz ties together the two crises that continue to cripple Haiti: the aftermath of the earthquake and government corruption. Asking the hard questions about Western aid, this is a vividly told...
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In The Big Truck That Went By award-winning writer Jonathan Katz ties together the two crises that continue to cripple Haiti: the aftermath of the earthquake and government corruption. Asking the hard questions about Western aid, this is a vividly told narrative of how the affluent nations can help the less fortunate in a smarter way.
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PEN Literary Award FinalistOn January 12, 2010, the deadliest earthquake in the history of the Western Hemisphere struck the nation least prepared to handle it. Jonathan M. Katz, the only full-time American news correspondent in Haiti, was inside his house when it buckled along with hundreds of thousands of others. In this visceral, authoritative first-hand account, Katz chronicles the terror of that day, the devastation visited on ordinary Haitians, and how the world reacted to a nation in need.
More than half of American adults gave money for Haiti, part of a monumental response totaling $16.3 billion in pledges. But three years later the relief effort has foundered. It's most basic promises-to build safer housing for the homeless, alleviate severe poverty, and strengthen Haiti to face future disasters-remain unfulfilled.
The Big Truck That Went By presents a sharp critique of international aid that defies today's conventional wisdom; that the way wealthy countries give aid makes poor countries seem irredeemably hopeless, while trapping millions in cycles of privation and catastrophe. Katz follows the money to uncover startling truths about how good intentions go wrong, and what can be done to make aid "smarter."
With coverage of Bill Clinton, who came to help lead the reconstruction; movie-star aid worker Sean Penn; Wyclef Jean; Haiti's leaders and people alike, Katz weaves a complex, darkly funny, and unexpected portrait of one of the world's most fascinating countries. The Big Truck That Went By is not only a definitive account of Haiti's earthquake, but of the world we live in today.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „The Big Truck That Went By “
Introduction Prologue
1. The End
2. Love Theme from Titanic
3. Blan and Neg
4. The Crossroads In Louisville
5. Spoiled Corn
6. Bon Dola
7. The Governor
8. 'When I Get Older'
9. Sugar Land
10. Miracle Falls
11. Face to Face
12. A Gut Feeling
13. Cardboard Palace
14. All Together Now
Epilogue
Afterword
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index
Autoren-Porträt von Jonathan M. Katz
Jonathan M. Katz
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Jonathan M. Katz
- 2014, 336 Seiten, Maße: 15,4 x 23,4 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Macmillan Education
- ISBN-10: 1137278978
- ISBN-13: 9781137278975
- Erscheinungsdatum: 01.04.2014
Sprache:
Englisch
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