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[email protected]. FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY Miami, Florida HAITI AND THE HEAVENS: UTOPIANISM AND TECHNOCRACY IN THE COLD WAR ERA A dissertation to Be suBmitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY in HISTORY by Adam M. Silvia 2016 To: Dean John Stack Green School of International and PuBlic Affairs This dissertation, written By Adam M. Silvia, and entitled Haiti and the Heavens: Utopianism and Technocracy in the Cold War Era, having Been approved in respect to style and intellectual content, is referred to you for judgment. We have read this dissertation and recommend that it Be approved. ________________________________ Alexandra Cornelius ________________________________ Ronald Cox ________________________________ Kate Ramsey ________________________________ Kenneth Lipartito, Co-Major Professor ________________________________ Victor UriBe, Co-Major Professor Date of Defense: June 2, 2016 The dissertation of Adam M.