Picó Bauermeister, Fernando,   1941-2017 <br/><br/>
History of Puerto Rico :  a panorama of its people / 
Fernando Picó. 
 - Princeton, NJ :  Markus Wiener Publishers.,  c2006. 
 - xiv, 351 pages :  illustrations, maps ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-351). 
<br/><br/>The formation of the land of Puerto Rico<br/>Amerindian societies<br/>Backgrounds of the new settlers of Puerto Rico<br/>The conquest of Boriquén<br/>Agriculture and cattle raising in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries<br/>Puerto Rico in the struggle for commercial hegemony in the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Caribbean<br/>Corsairs and settlers, 1700-1765<br/>Political transformations, 1765-1823<br/>Faces new and old: the population, 1765-1823<br/>The transition to monoculture, 1765-1823<br/>The slaveholding society, 1824-1868<br/>The hour of the mountains, 1868-1898<br/>Puerto Rico becomes a vast sugar plantation<br/>The new industrial and urban order, 1940-1980<br/>Changes in perceptions and values from the 1960s to 2005<br/>From alternation in power to shared government, 1980-2005 
<br/><br/> 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" 
<br/><br/><br/>Translated from the Spanish. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1558763716 (alk. paper) 1558763708 9781558763715 (alk. paper) 9781558763708 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Puerto Rico--History.<br/>Puerto Rico--Historia 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>117 F 1971  / P598h 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>972.95