The history of Puerto Rico
By: by Lisa Pierce Flores.
Series: Greenwood histories of the modern nations
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780313354182; 9780313354199
Subjects: Puerto Ricans -- United States -- History; Puerto Rico -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Puerto Rico and its people; title: Borinquen: origins and encounter, 4000 BCE-1500 CE; title: Spanish colony: from San Juan Bautista to Puerto Rico, 1493-1800; title: Spanish province: autonomy thwarted, 1800-1898; title: U.S. territory: military occupation and civil government, 1898-1948; title: Commonwealth: the freely associated state of Puerto Rico, 1948-1968; title: State of transition: after Operation Bootstrap, 1968-1998; title: Puerto Rico today, 1999-2009.