The history of Puerto Rico
Subtitle: from the Spanish discovery to the American occupation
By: by R. A. Van Middeldyk, edited by Martin G. Brumbaugh.
Contributors: Brumbaugh, Martin Grove, 1862-1930.
Series: The expansion of the republic series
Publisher: D. Appleton and company
Published: 1903
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 318
Subjects: Puerto Rico -- History.
Description: Van Middledyk's work was the first major historical study of Puerto Rico in English. Van Middledyk advanced Puerto Rican historiography by building on the works of Brau, Coll y Toste, and Acosta, and by consulting early Spanish chronicles. A librarian at the Free Public Library of San Juan, Van Middledyk possessed knowledge of and access to considerable primary source material. His history is sympathetic to the Indians and highly critical of Spanish colonial administration. Coming in the wake of American military occupation, the book sought to explain and justify control of the island by the United States.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 311-312.
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Historical.; title: pt. 2. The people and their institutions.