Based on the author's thesis (M.A.)--University of Wyoming

Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-218) and index

Colonial legacy -- Dominican identity and the Haitian other -- Fragmentation, personalism, violence, and economic ruin : the period of the great caudillos -- Merengue's first steps, 1844-1916 -- U.S. occupation and Dominican nationalism -- In step : merengue in the era of Trujillo -- Post-Trujillo politics : continuity and change -- Post-Trujillo merengue : tradition, innovative freedom and ethnic questioning -- Merengue and transnational identities -- Caribbean comparisons

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