Constructing a Colonial People
Subtitle: Puerto Rico and the United States, 1898-1932
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: December 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9780813339030
Subjects: American history: from c 1900 -; Colonization & independence; Politics/International Relations; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Puerto Rico; USA; History & Theory - General; International - Economics; International Relations - General; Business & Economics-International - Economics; Political Science / History & Theory; Political Science-International Relations - General; Latin America & the Caribbean; Politics - Current Events
First sentence: Economic dislocations and political disorders during the last decade of the nineteenth century convinced policymakers and important business interests of the need for the United States to acquire external commercial markets.