Puerto Rico : a national history /

Puerto Rico : a national history /

"How did Puerto Rico end up in its current situation? A Spanish-speaking territory controlled by the United States and populated by the descendants of conquistadors, enslaved Africans, and indigenous inhabitants, this island (or rather archipelago) has a unique history. Jorell Meléndez-Badillo...

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Main Author: Meléndez Badillo, Jorell A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, [2024]
Subjects:
Autonomy and independence movements
Colonial influence
Ethnic relations
Puerto Rico > History.
Puerto Rico > Colonial influence.
Puerto Rico > History > Autonomy and independence movements.
Puerto Rico > Ethnic relations.
Puerto Rico
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: "I am never coming back here"
  • Borikén's first peoples: from migration to insurrection
  • Consolidating the colonial project
  • From reform to revolution
  • Imagining the great Puerto Rican family
  • Chronicle of a war foretold
  • Foundations of U.S. colonialism in Puerto Rico
  • A turbulent decade
  • The populist moment
  • The Great Migration
  • The Cold War and the new push for independence
  • The road to neoliberalism
  • Broken promises and ongoing resistance
  • The night everything went silent
  • The storm's aftermath
  • Broken memories and future-oriented histories
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • Selected thematic bibliography
  • Index.

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