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Composición social dominicana
Composicion social dominicana (Social Composition of the Dominican Republic), first published in 1970 in Spanish, and translated into English here for the first time, discusses the changing structure of social classes and groups in Dominican society from the first encounter between Europeans and Natives until the mid-twentieth century. This influential and pioneering book details the struggles of the Dominican people as they evolved from pre-colonial and colonial subjects to sovereign actors with the task of moving a republic forward, amidst imperialist desires and martial ambitions.Juan Bosch, one of the most well-known and best-loved Dominican politicians and scholars, here sets out the important themes that define modern Dominican society. He tackles topics such as the inter-imperialist rivalry between France, Spain, England, and Holland and its subsequent impact on the Caribbean region, as well as the U.S. occupation of the Dominican Republic from 1916-1924. He also discusses the aftermath of political alliances between liberals and conservatives during the birth of the Dominican Republic, the Restoration War fought against the Spanish Crown, the role of the petit bourgeoisie and the hateros (cattle-ranchers) in the formation of a Dominican oligarchy, the emergence of dictator Rafael Trujillo, and the composition of society during his time in power.This translation, introduced and contextualized by leading Dominican Studies scholar Wilfredo Lozano, opens up Bosch's work for a new generation of scholars studying the Caribbean.
321 pages, Paperback
First published November 23, 1968
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Juan Bosch
115 books64 followersJuan Bosch was born in the town of La Vega, Dominican Republic. His parents were Spanish Juan Bosch and Puerto Rican Angela Gaviño. He lived the first years of his childhood in a small rural community called Río Verde, where he began his primary studies; he attended high school in La Vega. In his youth he went to Santo Domingo and worked in commercial stores. Later he traveled to Spain, Venezuela and some of the Caribbean islands.
He returned in 1931, and published his first short stories book, "Camino Real," the essay "Indios," and the short novel "La Mañosa," about the civil wars in the nineteenth century, which was acclaimed by critics. He created and edited the literary section in the newspaper Listín Diario, becoming a critic and essayist.
In 1934 he married Isabel García and had two children with her: Leon and Carolina. As Trujillo's dictatorship was getting stronger and meaner, Bosch was jailed for his political ideas, being released after several months. In 1938, knowing that the tyrant wanted to buy him with a position in the Congress, Bosch managed to leave the country, settling in Puerto Rico.
He was a politician, historian, short story writer, essayist, educator, and the first cleanly elected president of the Dominican Republic for a brief time in 1963. Previously, he had been the leader of the Dominican opposition in exile to the dictatorial regime of Rafael Trujillo for over 25 years. To this day he is remembered as an honest politician and regarded as one of the most prominent writers in Dominican literature. He is the founder of both the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) in 1939 and the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) in 1973.
By 1939 Bosch had gone to Cuba, where he directed an edition of the completed works of Eugenio María de Hostos, something that defined his patriotic and humanist ideals. In July, with other Dominican expatriates, he founded the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano (PRD), which stood out as the most active front against Trujillo outside the Dominican Republic.
Bosch heavily sympathised with leftist ideas, but he always denied any communist affiliation. He collaborated with the Cuban Revolutionary Party and had an important role in the making of the Constitution that was promulgated in 1940.
Bosch married for the second time, this time a Cuban lady, Carmen Quidiello, with whom he had two more children, Patricio and Barbara. At the same time, his literary career was ascending, gaining important acknowledgments like the Hernandez Catá Prize in Havana for short stories written by a Latin American author. His works had a deep social content, among them "La Noche Buena de Encarnación Mendoza", "Luis Pié", "The Masters" and "The Indian Manuel Sicuri", all of them described by critics as masterpieces of the sort.
Bosch was one of the main organizers of the 1949 military conspiracy that landed in Cayo Confites in the north coast of the Dominican Republic, to overthrow the dictatorship of Trujillo. However, the expedition failed, and Bosch fled to Venezuela, continuing his anti-Trujillo campaign. In Cuba, where he returned by requirement of his friends in the Authentic Revolutionary Party, he played a notorious part in the political life of Havana, being recognized as a promoter of social legislation and author of the speech pronounced by President Carlos Prío Socarrás when the body of José Martí was transferred to Santiago de Cuba.
When Fulgencio Batista led a coup d'etat against Prío Socarrás and took over the presidency in 1952, Bosch was jailed by Batista's forces. After being liberated, he left Cuba and headed to Costa Rica, where he dedicated his time to pedagogical tasks, and to his activities as leader of the PRD.
In 1959 the Cuban Revolution took place, led by Fidel Castro, causing a major political, economic and social upheaval in the Caribbean island. Bosch accurately perceived the process that had begun from those events, and wrote a letter to
He returned in 1931, and published his first short stories book, "Camino Real," the essay "Indios," and the short novel "La Mañosa," about the civil wars in the nineteenth century, which was acclaimed by critics. He created and edited the literary section in the newspaper Listín Diario, becoming a critic and essayist.
In 1934 he married Isabel García and had two children with her: Leon and Carolina. As Trujillo's dictatorship was getting stronger and meaner, Bosch was jailed for his political ideas, being released after several months. In 1938, knowing that the tyrant wanted to buy him with a position in the Congress, Bosch managed to leave the country, settling in Puerto Rico.
He was a politician, historian, short story writer, essayist, educator, and the first cleanly elected president of the Dominican Republic for a brief time in 1963. Previously, he had been the leader of the Dominican opposition in exile to the dictatorial regime of Rafael Trujillo for over 25 years. To this day he is remembered as an honest politician and regarded as one of the most prominent writers in Dominican literature. He is the founder of both the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) in 1939 and the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) in 1973.
By 1939 Bosch had gone to Cuba, where he directed an edition of the completed works of Eugenio María de Hostos, something that defined his patriotic and humanist ideals. In July, with other Dominican expatriates, he founded the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano (PRD), which stood out as the most active front against Trujillo outside the Dominican Republic.
Bosch heavily sympathised with leftist ideas, but he always denied any communist affiliation. He collaborated with the Cuban Revolutionary Party and had an important role in the making of the Constitution that was promulgated in 1940.
Bosch married for the second time, this time a Cuban lady, Carmen Quidiello, with whom he had two more children, Patricio and Barbara. At the same time, his literary career was ascending, gaining important acknowledgments like the Hernandez Catá Prize in Havana for short stories written by a Latin American author. His works had a deep social content, among them "La Noche Buena de Encarnación Mendoza", "Luis Pié", "The Masters" and "The Indian Manuel Sicuri", all of them described by critics as masterpieces of the sort.
Bosch was one of the main organizers of the 1949 military conspiracy that landed in Cayo Confites in the north coast of the Dominican Republic, to overthrow the dictatorship of Trujillo. However, the expedition failed, and Bosch fled to Venezuela, continuing his anti-Trujillo campaign. In Cuba, where he returned by requirement of his friends in the Authentic Revolutionary Party, he played a notorious part in the political life of Havana, being recognized as a promoter of social legislation and author of the speech pronounced by President Carlos Prío Socarrás when the body of José Martí was transferred to Santiago de Cuba.
When Fulgencio Batista led a coup d'etat against Prío Socarrás and took over the presidency in 1952, Bosch was jailed by Batista's forces. After being liberated, he left Cuba and headed to Costa Rica, where he dedicated his time to pedagogical tasks, and to his activities as leader of the PRD.
In 1959 the Cuban Revolution took place, led by Fidel Castro, causing a major political, economic and social upheaval in the Caribbean island. Bosch accurately perceived the process that had begun from those events, and wrote a letter to
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March 31, 2016
Bosch nos regala un análisis profundísimo de los antecedentes históricos que conformaron el entramado social que imperaba en República Dominicana en ese momento (1968), y que por desgracia, no ha cambiado mucho.
Cuando lees a Bosch te das cuenta, o confirmas, lo adelantado que estaba en su tiempo, incluso este ensayo podría ser una explicación extensa y rigurosa del porqué no pudo gobernar por más de 7 meses (que creo lo es).
Asusta lo actual del texto. Concluye con la acuciante pregunta de lo que puede implicar las nóminas super numerarias que ostentan los estados Latinoamericanos. Y pone de ejemplo lo que pasó en Inglaterra hace 3 siglos (ahora 4, casi) a partir de la crisis de los obreros.
Cuando lees a Bosch te das cuenta, o confirmas, lo adelantado que estaba en su tiempo, incluso este ensayo podría ser una explicación extensa y rigurosa del porqué no pudo gobernar por más de 7 meses (que creo lo es).
Asusta lo actual del texto. Concluye con la acuciante pregunta de lo que puede implicar las nóminas super numerarias que ostentan los estados Latinoamericanos. Y pone de ejemplo lo que pasó en Inglaterra hace 3 siglos (ahora 4, casi) a partir de la crisis de los obreros.
April 15, 2019
Muy buen análisis y resumen de toda la historia dominicana desde el descubrimiento.
Si alguien quiere entender por qué los dominicanos son como son solo hace falta leer este libro para darnos cuenta que RD siempre ha sido como lo es hoy. Este libro evidencia los factores que nos llevaron a nuestro modelo, económico, politico y social. Y muy interesante su forma de escritura, no es cansosa para nada.
Si alguien quiere entender por qué los dominicanos son como son solo hace falta leer este libro para darnos cuenta que RD siempre ha sido como lo es hoy. Este libro evidencia los factores que nos llevaron a nuestro modelo, económico, politico y social. Y muy interesante su forma de escritura, no es cansosa para nada.
August 9, 2023
Soberbio.
He entendido más de mi leyendo este libro que con horas de reflexión. El maestra de la Vega raya lo imposible tratando de recrear un análisis histórico propiamente dicho a través de migajas de evidencia.
Pero lo hizo. Por gracia logro lo que hicimos nosotros entre lamentos de nuestra historia.
Quieres saber por qué bultero es bultero y lo logra y lo disfruta? Lea esto.
Quieres saber por qué seguimos confiando en la misma clase política que hasta los apellidos nos perpetuan tal oligarquia romana? Lea esto.
Quieres entender por que en el Cibao se tiene una forma y en metropolitano sur otra? Lea esto.
Bosch empezó a hablar del Dominicano de manera somera en un análisis, y termino construyendo un perfil con evidencia histórica. Tanto de lo muy malo, como de lo muy bueno.
He entendido más de mi leyendo este libro que con horas de reflexión. El maestra de la Vega raya lo imposible tratando de recrear un análisis histórico propiamente dicho a través de migajas de evidencia.
Pero lo hizo. Por gracia logro lo que hicimos nosotros entre lamentos de nuestra historia.
Quieres saber por qué bultero es bultero y lo logra y lo disfruta? Lea esto.
Quieres saber por qué seguimos confiando en la misma clase política que hasta los apellidos nos perpetuan tal oligarquia romana? Lea esto.
Quieres entender por que en el Cibao se tiene una forma y en metropolitano sur otra? Lea esto.
Bosch empezó a hablar del Dominicano de manera somera en un análisis, y termino construyendo un perfil con evidencia histórica. Tanto de lo muy malo, como de lo muy bueno.
August 13, 2019
Amazing book for anyone who would like insight into what made the Dominican Republic what it is today.
October 13, 2019
Un libro que todo dominicano debería leer, sus aportes a la sociología del pais son invaluables.
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May 1, 2022¡JUAN BOSCH NO ERA UN GRAN PENSADOR!
Una falacia de división es una falacia informal que ocurre cuando uno razona que algo que es cierto para un todo también debe ser cierto para todas o algunas de sus partes.
La falacia de división fue abordada por Aristóteles en sus Refutaciones sofísticas.
Ejemplos:
1. El sabor del guacamole es sabroso, por lo que los componentes con que se elabora (aguacate, sal, limón, chiles) también lo son.
2. El auto es azul; por lo tanto, sus neumáticos también lo son.
¿Ves el fallo? Ahora veamos el argumento de Bosch reescrito para que lo notes más fácilmente (ten en cuenta que Bosch hablaba de la época en que Santo Domingo era colonia española):
Premisa 1: España no asimilaba la oligarquía esclavista.
Premisa 2: Santo Domingo era parte de España.
Conclusión: Santo Domingo no asimilaba la oligarquía esclavista.
¡Claramente una falacia de división y apenas estamos en el preámbulo del libro! Cabe señalar que la conclusión podría ser verdadera, pero mi objeción va dirigida a la manera en que Bosch la infiere, una falacia registrada desde los tiempos de Aristóteles. La conclusión ha sido mal defendida y eso le resta rigor a la obra, precisamente de lo que se cuidan los pensadores de verdad.
Esta falacia está en el preámbulo de la obra Composición Social Dominicana, página 10, párrafo 1. Podría ser una de muchas.
Por Emmanuel José García.
Una falacia de división es una falacia informal que ocurre cuando uno razona que algo que es cierto para un todo también debe ser cierto para todas o algunas de sus partes.
La falacia de división fue abordada por Aristóteles en sus Refutaciones sofísticas.
Ejemplos:
1. El sabor del guacamole es sabroso, por lo que los componentes con que se elabora (aguacate, sal, limón, chiles) también lo son.
2. El auto es azul; por lo tanto, sus neumáticos también lo son.
¿Ves el fallo? Ahora veamos el argumento de Bosch reescrito para que lo notes más fácilmente (ten en cuenta que Bosch hablaba de la época en que Santo Domingo era colonia española):
Premisa 1: España no asimilaba la oligarquía esclavista.
Premisa 2: Santo Domingo era parte de España.
Conclusión: Santo Domingo no asimilaba la oligarquía esclavista.
¡Claramente una falacia de división y apenas estamos en el preámbulo del libro! Cabe señalar que la conclusión podría ser verdadera, pero mi objeción va dirigida a la manera en que Bosch la infiere, una falacia registrada desde los tiempos de Aristóteles. La conclusión ha sido mal defendida y eso le resta rigor a la obra, precisamente de lo que se cuidan los pensadores de verdad.
Esta falacia está en el preámbulo de la obra Composición Social Dominicana, página 10, párrafo 1. Podría ser una de muchas.
Por Emmanuel José García.
June 19, 2024
Un ensayo magnífico que nos ayuda a comprender el ADN social del pueblo dominicano, desde sus inicios en la Era del Descubrimiento y la Conquista hasta lo que fuera la Era del maligno dictador R. L. Trujillo.
Como todos los escritos del Prof. J. Bosch: excelente, imparcial y con un grandísimo sentido profesional e intelectual.
Como todos los escritos del Prof. J. Bosch: excelente, imparcial y con un grandísimo sentido profesional e intelectual.
October 26, 2024
¡DETALLADA DESCRIPCIÓN HISTÓRICA SOBRE LA COMPOSICIÓN SOCIAL DOMINICANA!
El Profesor Bosch nos lleva de la mano en la descripción detallada de la composición dominicana hasta el 1968 fecha en la que se redactó dicha literatura. Es un libro de lectura obligatoria para todos aquellos que desean conocer los orígenes de la estructura social del pueblo dominicano.
El Profesor Bosch nos lleva de la mano en la descripción detallada de la composición dominicana hasta el 1968 fecha en la que se redactó dicha literatura. Es un libro de lectura obligatoria para todos aquellos que desean conocer los orígenes de la estructura social del pueblo dominicano.
October 5, 2021
Gran historia y socioeconómico de la Hispaniola y en especial de República Dominicana. Libro obligatorio para cualquier dominicano que quiera conocer su pasado.
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