Puerto Rico : what everyone needs to know / Jorge Duany.

Show other versions (1)

"Acquired by the United States from Spain in 1898, Puerto Rico has a peculiar status among Latin American and Caribbean countries. As a Commonwealth, the island enjoys limited autonomy over local matters, but the U.S. has dominated it militarily, politically, and economically for much of its recent...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:What everyone needs to know.
Main Author: Duany, Jorge (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
Series:What everyone needs to know.
Subjects:
Puerto Rico > History.
Puerto Rico > Colonization.
Puerto Rico > Relations > United States.
United States > Relations > Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico > Politics and government.
Cultural pluralism > Puerto Rico.
Puerto Ricans > Migrations.
TRAVEL / Caribbean & West Indies.
HISTORY / Caribbean & West Indies / Cuba.
Colonization.
Cultural pluralism.
International relations.
Politics and government.
Puerto Rico.
United States.
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xiv, 189 pages ; 21 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • 1. Puerto Rico before 1898
  • 2. Puerto Rico under US rule, 1898-1952
  • 3. Puerto Rico as a US commonwealth since 1952 : politics and the economy
  • 4. Puerto Rico as a US commonwealth since 1952 : population and culture
  • 5. The Puerto Rican diaspora to the United States : history, demography, and the economy
  • 6. The Puerto Rican diaspora to the United States : culture and politics.