Steven Gregory's book entitled The Devil Behind the Looking Glass is an ethnographic study of the Dominican Republic. The Dominican Republic is located in the Caribbean, occupying the western half of the island, while Haiti makes up the eastern part. Gregory attempts to study and analyze the political, social and cultural aspects of this nation by interviewing and observing both tourists and locals of two cities, Boca Chica and Andres. Gregory's research focuses on globalization and transnational processes influencing the politics and socioeconomics of the Dominican Republic. It focuses on social culture, gender roles, economics, individual and national identity, as well as authority and power relations. Many of the major relevant issues facing Dominican society include racism, sexism and discrimination, the tourist tourism economy, sex tourism and the informal economy. The goal of Gregory's ethnographic research is to decipher the exclusionary practices embedded in tourist tourism, how it has affected local people across class, gender and racial divides, increasing poverty and dependence on a informal. During Gregory's ethnographic research in the Dominican Republic, he met many people, some tourists, some expatriates, as well as native citizens of the island. An individual named Minaya discusses changes in the sugarcane industry. In 1988 he became a worker at a sugar factory owned by his uncle, but claimed that the industry had become “capitalised” (Gregory 2007: 15). He explains this capitalization as the leasing of industry to private companies, which resulted in poor working conditions and minimum wages for workers. Minaya also expresses not having a formal education, a major factor… middle of the paper… like the Dominican Republic. Works Cited Ferguson, James. The anti-political machine: “development”, depoliticisation and bureaucratic power in Lesotho. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1997. Print.Freeman, Carla. “Designing Women: Corporate Discipline and Barbados' Offshore Pink Collar Sector.” Cultural Anthropology 8.2 (1993) 169-186. Network. November 12, 2010. http://www.jstor.org/stable/656469 Gregory, Steven. The devil behind the mirror: globalization and politics in the Dominican Republic. California: University of California Press, 2007. Print.Kearney, M. “The Local and the Global: The Anthropology of Globalization and Transnationalism.” Annual Review of Anthropology 24, 1995: 547-565. Meier, V. “Cut Flower Production in Colombia: An Important Development Success Story for Women?” Environment and planning 31, 1999: 273-289.