The history of Puerto Rico
By: Lisa Pierce Flores.
Series: The Greenwood histories of the modern nations; Greenwood histories of the modern nations
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 155
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).