The Mulatto Republic: Class, Race, and Dominican National Identity

THE BOOK WAS WELL WRITTEN WITH A LOT OF HISTORY. I NOW UNDERSTAND WHY MOST DOMINICANS DON'T LIKE BEING REFERRED TO AS BLACK OR OF AFRICAN DECENT. NEVERTHELESS I THINK MS MAYES COULD HAVE SPENT MORE TIME EXPLAINING HOW BLACKS WHO WEREN'T FROM OTHER ISLANDS ARRIVED IN THE D.R.! SHE SEEMS TO SKIM OVER SLAVERY WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR THE INITIAL PRESENCE OF AFRICANS IN THE D.R.! I THINK IT MIGHT HELP TO HAVE IN HIGH SCHOOLS AS REQUIRED READING FOR A BETTER UNDERSTANDING BEFORE ADULTHOOD.

Very good book, very informative

This book was a total waste of time and money. The chapters barely relate to the overarching thesis, and they are all poorly written. Each chapter reads like a stand-alone essay; there is no sense of genuine cohesion. The author’s style is sophomoric, pedantic, and tedious. Grammatical errors abound. She also makes repeated anti-American pronouncements without offering one shred of evidence for her overstated opinions. Very poor scholarship in that regard...