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Puerto Rico : freedom and power in the Caribbean / Gordon K. Lewis ; with an introduction by Anthony Maingot.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Kingston, Jamaica ; Miami : Ian Randle, c2004.Edition: [Rev. ed.]Description: xxxi, 658 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9766371725
  • 9789766371722
  • 0975352911
  • 9780975352915
Other title:
  • Freedom and power in the Caribbean
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 972.95 22
LOC classification:
  • F1958 .L4 2004
  • 117 F 1958 L674p 2004
Contents:
Introduction -- The nature of the problem -- pt. I. The Past: The Caribbean background -- The Spanish legacy -- The rise of the American Mediterranean -- The imperialism of neglect: 1898-1932 -- The politics of survival: 1898-1932 -- The New Deal experiment -- 1940 and after: the Populares -- pt. II. The present: Operation Bootstrap: the advent of industrialization -- The problem of economic dependency -- The role of labor -- Class and community -- family, religion, and color -- The debate on 'Americanization' -- The machinery of government: Executive, Administrative, and Judicial -- The machinery of government: Judicial -- Parties and politics -- The problem of political status -- The growth of education -- The character of public opinion -- pt. III. The Future: Puerto Rico and th Caribbean -- Puerto Rico and the Americas -- Puerto Rico and the world society -- Conclusion.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) F1958 .L4 2004 | 117 F 1958 L674p 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000024408
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F1938.55 .U25 2003 | 118 F 1938.55 U15u 2003 Un joven en la guerra de abril : testimonio / F1954 .P976e 2005 | 117 F 1401 P976 2004 Puerto Rico : enciclopedia manual / F1954 .P976e 2005 | 117 F 1401 P976 2004 Puerto Rico : enciclopedia manual / F1958 .L4 2004 | 117 F 1958 L674p 2004 Puerto Rico : freedom and power in the Caribbean / F2161 .K87 1998x | 200 F 2161 K96c 1992 A continent of islands : searching for the Caribbean destiny / F2175 | 200 F 1621 C277 2000 | R696 El Caribe : intereses geopoliticos y dominicacion colonial ; [7. Congreso Anual de la Asociacion Mexicana de Estudios del Caribe, 26 - 28 de abril 2000, Morelia, Mich.] / F2279 .R36 2003 | 105 F 2279 R196g 2003 Guerreros y politicos : dialogo y conflicto en Colombia, 1998-2002 /

"Originally published in the USA 1963 by Monthly Review Press."

Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. [607]-647) and index.

Introduction -- The nature of the problem -- pt. I. The Past: The Caribbean background -- The Spanish legacy -- The rise of the American Mediterranean -- The imperialism of neglect: 1898-1932 -- The politics of survival: 1898-1932 -- The New Deal experiment -- 1940 and after: the Populares -- pt. II. The present: Operation Bootstrap: the advent of industrialization -- The problem of economic dependency -- The role of labor -- Class and community -- family, religion, and color -- The debate on 'Americanization' -- The machinery of government: Executive, Administrative, and Judicial -- The machinery of government: Judicial -- Parties and politics -- The problem of political status -- The growth of education -- The character of public opinion -- pt. III. The Future: Puerto Rico and th Caribbean -- Puerto Rico and the Americas -- Puerto Rico and the world society -- Conclusion.

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