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Puerto Rico Remembered
When you think of Puerto Rico, you might think of the stunningly beautiful beaches that have made it a popular vacation destination. Or perhaps you might think of Old San Juan, the section of the country's capital where you can still see Puerto Rico as it once was, many years ago. But withPuerto Rico Remembered you can take a trip back in time to the island's early days. Puerto Rico Remembered features 175 color photographs, many never before published, that show the Puerto Rico of the past--before the cruise ships began to dock in its ports and the tourists began to flock to its resorts. From young men selling fruit from curbside stalls to families shopping on busy streets to other scenes set against a backdrop of palm trees and bright sunshine, the photos inPuerto Rico Remembered are snapshots of the everyday that will bring readers back to a simpler time. Blending memories with historical facts,Puerto Rico Remembered highlights the sights and sounds of the city that have been swept away by wrecking balls, modernization, and time--but will never be forgotten.
Puerto Rico, 1898
Picó's text was originally published in Spanish in 1987, as one of several works written in the late-1990s marking the centennial of the Spanish-American-Cuban War of 1898 and its consequences for Puerto Rico. When the U.S. invaded Puerto Rico in 1898, the country was seriously divided by social conflicts; the invasion gave rise to violent expression of those preexisting conflicts. Picó examines the armed groups that terrorized the Puerto Rican countryside in 1898 and 1899, attacking first the farms and rural stores of Spaniards, and later those of native-born Puerto Ricans of European descent.
The Red Comb
Two women, one old and one young, plot to save a runaway slave in 19th-century Puerto Rico.
Pio Pico
Two-time governor of Alta, California and prominent businessman after the U.S. annexation, Pío de Jesus Pico was a politically savvy Californio who thrived in both the Mexican and the American periods. This is the first biography of Pico, whose life vibrantly illustrates the opportunities and risks faced by Mexican Americans in those transitional years. Carlos Manuel Salomon breathes life into the story of Pico, who—despite his mestizo-black heritage—became one of the wealthiest men in California thanks to real estate holdings and who was the last major Californio political figure with economic clout. Salomon traces Pico’s complicated political rise during the Mexican era, leading a r...
Development in Theory and Practice
This definitive reader brings together seminal articles on development in Latin America. Tracing the concepts and major debates surrounding the issue, the text focuses on development theory through three contrasting historical perspectives: imperialism, underdevelopment and dependency, and globalization. By offering a rich array of essays from Latin American Perspectives, the book allows students to sample all the important trends in the field. A new general introduction and conclusion, along with part introductions, contextualize each selection. One of the leading figures in development studies, Ronald Chilcote shows in this text why work on imperialism dating to the turn of the twentieth c...
Puerto Rican Women's History: New Perspectives
A survey of the topics in gender and history of Puerto Rican women. Organized chronologically and covering the 19th and 20th centuries, it deal with issues of slavery, emancipation, wage work, women and politics, women's suffrage, industrialization, migration and Puerto Rican women in New York.
Not of Pure Blood
In considering the consequences of these nineteenth-century attitudes on twentieth-century Puerto Rico, Kinsbruner suggests that racial discrimination continues to limit opportunities for people of color.
