Download or read book Readings on the Government of Puerto Rico written by Henry Wells and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Status of Puerto Rico written by United States-Puerto Rico Commission on the Status of Puerto Rico and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Puerto Rico written by Jorge Duany and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acquired by the United States from Spain in 1898, Puerto Rico has a peculiar status among Latin American and Caribbean countries. As a Commonwealth, the island enjoys limited autonomy over local matters, but the U.S. has dominated it militarily, politically, and economically for much of its recent history. Though they are U.S. citizens, Puerto Ricans do not have their own voting representatives in Congress and cannot vote in presidential elections (although they are able to participate in the primaries). The island's status is a topic of perennial debate, both within and beyond its shores. In recent months its colossal public debt has sparked an economic crisis that has catapulted it onto the national stage and intensified the exodus to the U.S., bringing to the fore many of the unresolved remnants of its colonial history. Puerto Rico: What Everyone Needs to Know(R) provides a succinct, authoritative introduction to the Island's rich history, culture, politics, and economy. The book begins with a historical overview of Puerto Rico during the Spanish colonial period (1493-1898). It then focuses on the first five decades of the U.S. colonial regime, particularly its efforts to control local, political, and economic institutions as well as to "Americanize" the Island's culture and language. Jorge Duany delves into the demographic, economic, political, and cultural features of contemporary Puerto Rico-the inner workings of the Commonwealth government and the island's relationship to the United States. Lastly, the book explores the massive population displacement that has characterized Puerto Rico since the mid-20th century. Despite their ongoing colonial dilemma, Jorge Duany argues that Puerto Ricans display a strong national identity as a Spanish-speaking, Afro-Hispanic-Caribbean nation. While a popular tourist destination, few beyond its shores are familiar with its complex history and diverse culture. Duany takes on the task of educating readers on the most important facets of the unique, troubled, but much beloved isla del encanto.
Download or read book Constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico written by Government of Puerto Rico and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-04-11 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is the controlling government document of Puerto Rico. It is composed of nine articles detailing the structure of the government as well as the function of several of its institutions.
Download or read book Puerto Rico written by José Trías Monge and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Former Attorney General and former Chief Justice of Puerto Rico, Jose Trias Monge describes his island as one of the most densely populated places on earth, with a severely distressed economy and limited political freedom--still considered a colony of the U.S. Monge claims the island has become too dependent on U.S. money and argues for decolonization and movement toward more independence. 28 illustrations.
Download or read book Puerto Rico Middle Road to Freedom written by Carl Joachim Friedrich and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Puerto Rican Government and Politics written by Edgardo Meléndez and published by L. Rienner Publishers. This book was released on 2000 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This bibliograhy covers all aspects of Puerto Rican government and politics, in the broadest sense of the term. More than 5000 entries identify books, articles and reports on topics ranging from political parties and institutions, to issues surrounding culture, race and gender.
Download or read book Puerto Rico written by Gordon K. Lewis and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Details the history of modern Puerto Rico, advancing independence and socialism as the answer to the Puerto Rican tragedy.
Download or read book War Against All Puerto Ricans written by Nelson A Denis and published by Bold Type Books. This book was released on 2015-04-07 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The powerful, untold story of the 1950 revolution in Puerto Rico and the long history of U.S. intervention on the island, that the New York Times says "could not be more timely." In 1950, after over fifty years of military occupation and colonial rule, the Nationalist Party of Puerto Rico staged an unsuccessful armed insurrection against the United States. Violence swept through the island: assassins were sent to kill President Harry Truman, gunfights roared in eight towns, police stations and post offices were burned down. In order to suppress this uprising, the US Army deployed thousands of troops and bombarded two towns, marking the first time in history that the US government bombed its own citizens. Nelson A. Denis tells this powerful story through the controversial life of Pedro Albizu Campos, who served as the president of the Nationalist Party. A lawyer, chemical engineer, and the first Puerto Rican to graduate from Harvard Law School, Albizu Campos was imprisoned for twenty-five years and died under mysterious circumstances. By tracing his life and death, Denis shows how the journey of Albizu Campos is part of a larger story of Puerto Rico and US colonialism. Through oral histories, personal interviews, eyewitness accounts, congressional testimony, and recently declassified FBI files, War Against All Puerto Ricans tells the story of a forgotten revolution and its context in Puerto Rico's history, from the US invasion in 1898 to the modern-day struggle for self-determination. Denis provides an unflinching account of the gunfights, prison riots, political intrigue, FBI and CIA covert activity, and mass hysteria that accompanied this tumultuous period in Puerto Rican history.
Download or read book Political status of Puerto Rico written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Puerto Rico written by Richard J Bloomfield and published by Westview Press. This book was released on 1985-06-19 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Modernization of Puerto Rico written by Henry Wells and published by Cambridge, Mass : Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1969 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Study of the impact of political leadership on cultural change and social change in Puerto Rico - covers the political and historical background, the role of USA in changing patterns of behaviour towards Innovation in the economy, government policy, the role of political parties, parliamentary practices, legal status, nationalist ideologies, etc. References pp. 339 to 417.
Download or read book The Disenchanted Island written by Ronald Fernandez and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1996-03-20 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a revised and updated edition of Ronald Fernandez's acclaimed study of the Puerto Rico-United States relationship. Tracing that relationship from the early years of the 20th century through to the present, Fernandez provides a comprehensive analysis of political, economic, and military affairs as they relate to Puerto Rico. The new edition is completely up-to-date through 1995 and includes important new material based upon documents found in the Reagan presidential library, as well as newly declassified documents in the Eisenhower library.
Download or read book Puerto Rico written by David J. Abodaher and published by Franklin Watts. This book was released on 1993 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surveys the history of the island nation of Puerto Rico, from its colonization by Spain through its time under American control to debate over statehood and independence.
Download or read book Independence for Puerto Rico written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Territories and Insular Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book American Empire and the Politics of Meaning written by Julian Go and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2008-03-14 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the United States took control of the Philippines and Puerto Rico in the wake of the Spanish-American War, it declared that it would transform its new colonies through lessons in self-government and the ways of American-style democracy. In both territories, U.S. colonial officials built extensive public school systems, and they set up American-style elections and governmental institutions. The officials aimed their lessons in democratic government at the political elite: the relatively small class of the wealthy, educated, and politically powerful within each colony. While they retained ultimate control for themselves, the Americans let the elite vote, hold local office, and formulate legislation in national assemblies. American Empire and the Politics of Meaning is an examination of how these efforts to provide the elite of Puerto Rico and the Philippines a practical education in self-government played out on the ground in the early years of American colonial rule, from 1898 until 1912. It is the first systematic comparative analysis of these early exercises in American imperial power. The sociologist Julian Go unravels how American authorities used “culture” as both a tool and a target of rule, and how the Puerto Rican and Philippine elite received, creatively engaged, and sometimes silently subverted the Americans’ ostensibly benign intentions. Rather than finding that the attempt to transplant American-style democracy led to incommensurable “culture clashes,” Go assesses complex processes of cultural accommodation and transformation. By combining rich historical detail with broader theories of meaning, culture, and colonialism, he provides an innovative study of the hidden intersections of political power and cultural meaning-making in America’s earliest overseas empire.
Download or read book Notes on the Puerto Rican Revolution written by Gordon K. Lewis and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
