Land Reform in Puerto Rico [electronic resource] : Modernizing the Colonial State, 1941-1969 /
García-Colón, Ismael.
Gainesville : University Press of Florida,
c2009.
In 1941 a land redistribution plan was aimed at empowering landless workers by placing them in houses and building communities for them. Garcia-Colon assesses the technical and political aspects and the ways the Puerto Rican people resisted accomodated, and influenced the development this plan brought about.
In 1941 a land redistribution plan was aimed at empowering landless workers by placing them in houses and building communities for them. Garcia-Colon assesses the technical and political aspects and the ways the Puerto Rican people resisted accomodated, and influenced the development this plan brought about.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
On being landless : the expansion of agrarian capitalism and the crisis of the 1930s -- Land distribution and the rise of a new party politics -- Government planning and the policies of land resettlement -- Close encounters of colonialism : state formation in the Parcelas -- Community formation and livelihood -- Aftermath : Parcelas, a showcase for democracy and development.
Description based on print version record.
Land tenure
Land reform