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History of Puerto Rico : a panorama of its people / Fernando Picó.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Spanish Publication details: Princeton, NJ : Markus Wiener Publishers., c2006.Description: xiv, 351 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 1558763716 (alk. paper)
  • 1558763708
  • 9781558763715 (alk. paper)
  • 9781558763708
Uniform titles:
  • Historia general de Puerto Rico. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 972.95
LOC classification:
  • 117 F 1971 P598h 2006
Contents:
The formation of the land of Puerto Rico Amerindian societies Backgrounds of the new settlers of Puerto Rico The conquest of Boriquén Agriculture and cattle raising in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries Puerto Rico in the struggle for commercial hegemony in the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Caribbean Corsairs and settlers, 1700-1765 Political transformations, 1765-1823 Faces new and old: the population, 1765-1823 The transition to monoculture, 1765-1823 The slaveholding society, 1824-1868 The hour of the mountains, 1868-1898 Puerto Rico becomes a vast sugar plantation The new industrial and urban order, 1940-1980 Changes in perceptions and values from the 1960s to 2005 From alternation in power to shared government, 1980-2005
Summary: This book traces Puerto Rico's history from its geological formation (to the 21st century). It covers recent research on topics such as the island's Indian culture, the nationalist movement, and the class structures...superbly synthesized by Puerto Rico's leading historian. This is an updated and expanded translation of the Puerto Rican edition by the author of "Historia General De Puerto Rico"
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) 117 F 1971 P598h 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000079781

Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-351).

The formation of the land of Puerto Rico
Amerindian societies
Backgrounds of the new settlers of Puerto Rico
The conquest of Boriquén
Agriculture and cattle raising in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
Puerto Rico in the struggle for commercial hegemony in the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Caribbean
Corsairs and settlers, 1700-1765
Political transformations, 1765-1823
Faces new and old: the population, 1765-1823
The transition to monoculture, 1765-1823
The slaveholding society, 1824-1868
The hour of the mountains, 1868-1898
Puerto Rico becomes a vast sugar plantation
The new industrial and urban order, 1940-1980
Changes in perceptions and values from the 1960s to 2005
From alternation in power to shared government, 1980-2005

This book traces Puerto Rico's history from its geological formation (to the 21st century). It covers recent research on topics such as the island's Indian culture, the nationalist movement, and the class structures...superbly synthesized by Puerto Rico's leading historian. This is an updated and expanded translation of the Puerto Rican edition by the author of "Historia General De Puerto Rico"

Translated from the Spanish.

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