Puerto Rico in the American Century A History Since 1898

Name: Puerto Rico in the American Century A History Since 1898
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ISBN: 9780807859544

ISBN-10: 0807859540

ISBN-13: 9780807859544

Edition: 2009

Authors: Cï¿½sar J. Ayala, Rafael Bernabe, Cï¿½sar J. Ayala

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Offering a comprehensive overview of Puerto Rico's history and evolution since the installation of U.S. rule, Cesar Ayala and Rafael Bernabe connect the island's economic, political, cultural, and social past.Puerto Rico in the American Centuryexplores Puerto Ricans in the diaspora as well as the island residents, who experience an unusual and daily conundrum: they consider themselves a distinct people but are part of the American political system; they have U.S. citizenship but are not represented in the U.S. Congress; and they live on land that is neither independent nor part of the United States.Highlighting both well-known and forgotten figures from Puerto Rican history, Ayala and…

Book details

List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 2/1/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English

Cesar J. Ayala is associate professor of sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles.



Acknowledgment


Abbreviations


Introduction



1898-Background and Immediate Consequence



Reshaping Puerto Rico's Economy, 1898-1934



Political and Social Struggles in a New Colonial Context, 1900-1930



Americanization and Its Discontents, 1898-1929



Economic Depression and Political Crisis: The Turbulent Thirties



Cultural Debates in an Epoch of Crisis: National Interpretations in the Thirties



Turning Point in the Forties: Rise of the Partido Popular Democrï¿½tico



Birth of the Estado Libre Asociado



Transformation and Relocation: Puerto Rico's Operation Bootstrap



Politics and Culture in the Epoch of PPD Hegemony



PPD Hegemony Undermined: From Mobilization to Recessuibm 1960-1975



Rethinking the Past, Betting on the Future: Cultural Debates from the Sixties to the Eighties



Economic Stagnation and Political Deadlock, 1976-1992



Politics and Social Conflict in the Epoch of Neoliberalism, 1992-2004



Neonationalism, Postmodernism, and Other Debates


Conclusion


Notes


Bibliographical Essay


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