Sex, Family and Fertility in Haiti

Rich, sophisticated, authentic, provocative, the work of a genuine anthropologist. (Robert Lawless, Wichita State University)

Schwartz challenges prevailing wisdom in the field of demography with a strong set of data. He shows the relationship between marriage, family, fertility, agriculture, and emigration in rural Haiti. He relates beliefs with behavior and opportunities and strategies for living. In the process he makes much sense of rural Haitian life and shows how the Haitian pattern he outlines can be seen in other islands of the Caribbean too.  (Bill Wedenoja, Missouri State University).