LITMIR.BIZ

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4064066122188

Table of Contents

       PREFACE

       CHAPTER I

       CHAPTER II

       CHAPTER III

       CHAPTER IV

       CHAPTER V

       CHAPTER VI

       CHAPTER VII

       CHAPTER VIII

       CHAPTER IX

       CHAPTER X

       CHAPTER XI

       CHAPTER XII

       CHAPTER XIII

       CHAPTER XIV

       CHAPTER XV

       CHAPTER XVI

       PROVINCE OF SAN PEDRO DE MACORÍS

       PROVINCE OF SEIBO

       PROVINCE OF SAMANÁ

       PROVINCE OF PACIFICADOR

       PROVINCE OF LA VEGA

       PROVINCE OF ESPAILLAT

       PROVINCE OF SANTIAGO

       PROVINCE OF PUERTO PLATA

       PROVINCE OF MONTE CRISTI

       PROVINCE OF AZUA

       PROVINCE OF BARAHONA

       CHAPTER XVII

       CHAPTER XVIII

       CHAPTER XIX

       CHAPTER XX

       CHAPTER XXI

       CHAPTER XXII

       NATIONAL FINANCIAL SYSTEM

       MUNICIPAL FINANCES

       CHAPTER XXIII

       AMERICAN INTERVENTION

       APPENDIX B

       APPENDIX C

PREFACE

       Table of Contents

      It is remarkable how little has been written about the Dominican Republic, a country so near to our shores, which has for years had intimate commercial and political relations with our country, which is at present under the provisional administration of the American Government, and which is destined to develop under the protection and guidance of the United States. The only comprehensive publications on the Dominican Republic, in the English language, are the Report of the United States Commission of Inquiry to Santo Domingo, published in 1871, Hazard's "Santo Domingo, Past and Present," written about the same time, and Professor Hollander's notable Report on the Debt of Santo Domingo, published in 1905. The first and the last of these publications are no longer obtainable; hence, Hazard's book, written almost half a century ago, is still the chief source of information.

      These considerations prompted me to indite the following pages, in which I have essayed to give a bird's-eye view of the history and present condition of Santo Domingo. The task has been complicated by two circumstances. One is the extraordinary difficulty of obtaining accurate data. The other is the fact that the country has arrived at a turning point in its history. Any description of political, financial and economic conditions can refer only, or almost only, to the past; the American occupation has already introduced fundamental innovations which will shortly be further developed, and a rapid and radical transformation is in progress. Santo Domingo at this moment is a country which has no present, only a past and a future.

      My personal acquaintance with Santo Domingo and Dominican affairs is derived from observations on several trips to the Dominican Republic and Haiti, from friendships formed with prominent Dominican families during a residence of many years in Latin America, and from experience as secretary to the special United States commissioner to investigate the financial condition of Santo Domingo in 1905, and as secretary to the Dominican minister of finance during the 1906 loan negotiations.

      In compiling this work I have endeavored to read all books of any consequence which have been published with

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