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Atkins, G. Pope, and Larman C. Wilson. The Dominican Republic and the United States: From Imperialism to Transnationalism. The United States and the Americas series, vol.11. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1998. Notes, bibliography, index, 293 pp.; hardcover $50, paperback $20.
Hartlyn, Jonathan. The Struggle for Democratic Politics in the Dominican Republic. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1998. Photographs, maps, acronyms, notes, bibliography, index, 371 pp.; hardcover $49.95, paperback $17.95.
These two volumes contribute substantially to the literature on the Dominican Republic, especially its politics and foreign relations. The book by Atkins and Wilson is the product of two scholars' lifetimes of researching and writing about the country. It is a broad survey of relations between the Dominican Republic and the United States, part of the fine series "The United States and the Americas," edited by Lester Langley. The book sums up numerous complicated interactions in just 230 pages of text, offering cogent judgments on such issues as U.S. imperialism and culpability for authoritarianism in the Dominican Republic.
Jonathan Hartlyn's monograph is...