Puerto Rico
By: By John H Chambers & Maria G. Figueroa
Contributors: Figueroa, Maria G.
Edition: 1st American ed.
Series: On-the-road histories
Publisher: Interlink Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Northampton MA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781566569156
Subjects: History
Table of contents: title: Geology and geography of Puerto Rico; title: Taínos and their predecessors : circa 4000 BC-1500s AD; title: Columbus, colonization, demise of Taínos, 1492 to mid-1500s; title: Puerto Rico struggles to survive : repels attacks, produces sugar, pastures cattle and trades with Spain, 1530s-1650s; title: Puerto Rico develops, reacts to the arrival of other nations, 1620s-end of 1700s; title: The hundred year search for autonomy and an economy, 1800s; title: Spanish-American War, US invasion and annexation of Puerto Rico, 1898- 1899; title: Military government, US colonial policy, Foraker Act, 1899-1901; title: Americans take control : politics, 1900-1940; title: Americans take control : the economy, 1900-1940; title: The new politics : Munoz Marín and the PPD, World War II, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the struggle for greater autonomy, 1936-1967; title: Unsuccessful search for a stable economy, 1940s to 1970s; title: Challenges and changes in recent decades; title: Histories of Puerto Rican culture.