IN 1950 , after over fifty years of military occupation and colonial rule, the Nationalist Party of Puerto Rico staged an unsuccessful armed insurrection against the United Stated. Violence swept through the island: Nationalist were sent to kill President Harry Truman, gunfights roared in eight towns, police stations and post offices were burned down. In order to suppress this uprising, the US Army deployed thousands of troops and bombarded two towns, marking the first time in history that the US government bombed its own citizens.
From the sun-drenched beaches of a beautiful. flamboyan-covered island to the cool, hard pavement of the fierce South Bronx, the remarkable journey of the Puerto Rican people is a rich story full of daring defiance, courageous strength, fierce passions, and dangerous...
An essential sourcebook for a better understanding of the Puerto Ricans. The editors believe that their experience as a people has been obscured by propaganda and that a subtle brand of colonialism still endures. They prove both points... Their book (has) a...
This is a good book for teachers to have because it is about a myth from Puerto Rico. It is good for children to learn about different places around the world. You can read this book if you are talking about myths in class. This book explains how when you plant a seed...
Perhaps nowhere else in the Western Hemisphere do the sharply different economies and societies of Latin America and the United States encounter one another as closely as in Puerto Rico. Halfway between North and South America, this Caribbean island of three and a...
This is the story of the under appreciated--and ultimately victorious-- all Puerto Rican 65th Infantry Regiment and their battles during the Korean War. Maps. Photos.
As an inchoate middle class emerged in Puerto Rico in the early nineteenth century, its members sought to control not only public space, but also the people, activities, and even attitudes that filled it. Their instruments were the San Juan town council and the Casa...