The Imagined Island

“A necessary and fairly refreshing companion to any study of the history of the Dominican Republic and to broader considerations of the writing of history itself.” — Hispanic American Historical Review

“This book has begun to change the way in which Dominican and Caribbean historiography is written. San Miguel establishes a relationship between the intellectual production of Haiti and the Dominican Republic that transcends current paradigms based on confrontation, enmity, and excluding identities. San Miguel’s paradigm is based on dialogue, on finding common ground, and on a new historical relationship between the two countries. His book is innovative, particularly in its political and ethical grounding and its methodological, theoretical, and conceptual approaches.” — Félix V. Matos-Rodríguez, Hunter College

“San Miguel’s book has the potential to be adopted in a wide range of graduate and undergraduate courses. La isla imaginada would be of great interest to teachers of Caribbean, Latin American, and 'diaspora' history and culture. It could also be used in methodology, historiography, literary, cultural, and postcolonial studies courses.” — Eileen J. Findlay, American University