Economic History of Puerto Rico
Subtitle: Institutional Change and Capitalist Development
Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr
Published: January 1987
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 363
ISBN-13: 9780691077161
Subjects: Puerto Rico; Economic History; Business / Economics / Finance; Investments; Commerce; Macroeconomics; Microeconomics; Economic Conditions; History
First sentence: Before the island that is now called Puerto Rico was "discovered" by Christopher Columbus on Tuesday, November 19, 1493, during his second voyage, it was already inhabited by Taino Indians, who, having themselves previously discovered the island, called it Boriquen.