The Dominican Republic Reader (Online) by Eric Paul Roorda; Lauren H. Derby; Raymundo Gonzalez (eds.)Provides an introduction to the history, politics, and culture of the country, from precolonial times into the early twenty-first century. Among the volume's 118 selections are essays, speeches, journalism, songs, poems, legal documents, testimonials, and short stories, as well as several interviews conducted especially for this Reader.