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18 Int'l Migration Rev. 4 (1984)

handle is hein.journals/imgratv18 and id is 1 raw text is: Haitian Emigration In The Early Twentieth Century Glenn Perusek University of Chicago Standard migration theories see receiving countries as the dynamic agent which pull migrants to them. These theories, while useful for explaining many cases, appear inadequate for the case of labor mi- gration from Haiti to Cuba and the Dominican Republic in the early twentieth century. This article examines this history and offers an alternative theoretical framework for explaining this migration flow. It is argued that the prime cause of migration from Haiti is factors in the sending country. Haiti has a long history as a country with a strong pattern of emigration. This article seeks to present the case of Haitian emigration to Cuba and the Dominican Republic during the first three decades of this century, and to suggest the central elements of a comprehensive explanation of these population movements. Examination of this history provides a useful case against which standard views of migration can be measured. Currently accepted approaches to the causes of migration focus on the rationality of individual migrants. People move to find jobs, or to find better jobs. They make a rational calculation of their interest in staying as opposed to leaving. When the balance tips toward leaving, they go (Petersen, 1977). This approach is stated in different ways by different authors. 4 IMR Volume XVIII, No. 1

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