Dr Jean Price-Mars, educated and trained in political and educational positions in Haiti and France, became one of its leading nationalists in the twentieth century. As one of the intellectual members of the predominantly mulatto Haitian elite he attempted to apprise them of their responsibility for the welfare of the black peasant population and the importance of returning democratic self-government to Haiti. Although successful in neither effort he continued a political and academic career which made him one of Haiti's most remembered politicians and scholars.

Acknowledgements - Introduction - The American Occupation of Haiti - The Development of the Position of Jean Price-Mars Regarding the Problems of Haiti, 1876-1915 - Attempts of Price-Mars to Organize the Haitians during the Early Years of the American Occupation, 1916-18 - The Development of the Political, Educational, and Religious Theories of Price-Mars, 1919-29 - Price-Mars and the Cataclysmic Events of 1929-30 - Price-Mars and the Period of Haitian-American Adjustment, 1930-33 - Price-Mars and the Governmental Transformations of 1933-35 - Summary, Overview, and Conclusions - Index