| Description |
xiv, 351 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-351). |
| Contents |
The formation of the land of Puerto Rico -- Amerindian societies -- Backgrounds of the new settlers of Puerto Rico -- The conquest of Boriquén -- Agriculture and cattle raising in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries -- Puerto Rico in the struggle for commercial hegemony in the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Caribbean -- Corsairs and settlers, 1700-1765 -- Political transformations, 1765-1823 -- Faces new and old: the population, 1765-1823 -- The transition to monoculture, 1765-1823 -- The slaveholding society, 1824-1868 -- The hour of the mountains, 1868-1898 -- Puerto Rico becomes a vast sugar plantation -- The new industrial and urban order, 1940-1980 -- Changes in perceptions and values from the 1960s to 2005 -- From alternation in power to shared government, 1980-2005. |
| Subject |
Puerto Rico -- History.
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| Added Title |
Historia general de Puerto Rico. English
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| ISBN |
1558763716 alkaline paper |
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9781558763715 alkaline paper |
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1558763708 |
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9781558763708 |
| Standard No. |
9781558763708 |
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