Puerto Rico in the American Century: A History Since 1898, Paperback - Cesar J. Ayala

Reducere. Offering a comprehensive overview of Puerto Rico's history and evolution since the installation of U.S. rule, Cesar Ayala and Rafael Bernabe connec...

Reducere. The demonstrations that resulted in the U.S. Navy's being forced out of Vieques in 2003 were the result of the island's occupation during and after...

A strategic goal of the post-hurricane recovery plan for Puerto Rico is developing a modern workforce. Authors describe a course of action for a wo...

DescriptionNo nation was more deeply affected by America's rise to world power than Japan. President Franklin Roosevelt's uncompromising policy of ...

Reducere. Puerto Rico Travel Guide and Puerto Rico History Information. Puerto Rico Tourism, People, Culture and lifestyle. Traditionally, meals were pattern...

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The rapid decline of the bastions of American power established over the twentieth century is the subject of this extensive historical analysis emp...

Reducere. DescriptionPuerto Rico, A Unique Culture, History, People and Traditions is a delightful and enjoyable must buy book about this Caribbean island wr...

Reducere. The History of Puerto Rico from the Spanish Discovery to the American Occupation. Puerto Rico has an interesting history. Its four centuries under ...

Reducere. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is ...

Reducere. Available for the first time in English, Cruz Miguel Ortiz Cuadra's magisterial history of the foods and eating habits of Puerto Rico unfolds into ...

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Reducere. James P. Woodard's history of consumer capitalism in Brazil, today the world's fifth most populous country, is at once magisterial, intimate, and p...

Reducere. In The Lettered Barriada, Jorell A. Meléndez-Badillo tells the story of how a cluster of self-educated workers burst into Puerto Rico's world of le...

Reducere. G. J. A. O'Toole colorfully depicts the sweep of events and also presents new findings on the mysterious mission of the Maine and on the part playe...

Reducere. From the emergence of the first sugar plantations up until 1873, when slavery was abolished, the wealth amassed by many landowners in Puerto Rico d...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Fernando PicoOne of Puerto Rico's leading historians, Fernando Pichas had tremendous influence over our currect understandi...

Reducere. Pedro Albizu Campos (September 12, 1891 - April 21, 1965) was a Puerto Rican attorney and politician, and the leading figure in the Puerto Rican in...

Tells a story of crazed road trips fuelled by bourbon and black acid, of insane judges and giant porcupines, of girls, guns, explosives and, of cou...

Reducere. With the largest municipal debt in US history and a major hurricane that destroyed much of the archipelago's infrastructure, Puerto Rico has emerge...

DescriptionIn 1941 the magazine publishing titan Henry R. Luce urged the nation's leaders to create an American Century. But in the post-World-War-...

Reducere. DescriptionAndrew Bacevich is a leading American public intellectual, writing in the fields of culture and politics with particular attention to wa...

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Reducere. A Cruising Guide to Puerto Rico, 3rd Ed including the Spanish Virgin Islands and the north coast ports of the Dominican Republic: is the most compr...

Reducere. This selection of 16 legends illustrates the diverse history of Puerto Rico, for intermediate level learners of Spanish. The stories are presented ...

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Understanding US culture through the post-apocalyptic novel This book explores the post-apocalyptic novel in American literature from the 1940s to ...

Reducere. Who is to blame for the economic and political crisis in Puerto Rico--the United States or Puerto Rico? This book provides a fascinating historical...

A prodigiously researched biography of Vannevar Bush, one of America's most awe-inspiring polymaths and the secret force behind the biggest technol...

Reducere. Almost Citizens lays out the tragic story of how the United States denied Puerto Ricans full citizenship following annexation of the island in 1898...

Reducere. In this work, Gonz lez dismantles the myth of a dominant Spanish and racially white national culture in Puerto Rican history. He claims that the na...

Winner of the 2019 Hitchens Prize "Portrays Holbrooke in all of his endearing and exasperating self-willed glory...Both a sweeping diplomatic histo...

Reducere. During the early colonial encounter, children's books were among the first kinds of literature produced by US writers introducing the new colony, i...

Baseball in Puerto Rico has a long history, dating back to the nineteenth century and now extending into the twenty-first. As of the end of 2016, t...

Build, reinforce and revise the historical knowledge and exam skills required for WJEC AS/A-level History. Matched to the 2016 specification for Wa...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. How children and children's literature helped build America's empire America's empire was not made by adults alone. During the nineteenth and twent...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): David (Lecturer, University College Cork, Ireland) FitzgeraldIllustration(s): 13 bw illusNumber of p...

This book examines the thinking of early twentieth-century US foreign policy makers and their advisors, including business leaders and economists -...

Reducere. Istv n Mesz ros's bold new study analyzes the historical choices facing us at the outset of the new millennium. Drawing on the theoretical argument...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Olga Jimenez De WagenheimAuthor: Olga Jimenez De WagenheimBecause many of the documents and books about Puerto Rico have be...

Reducere. 17 Authentic Mixed Beverage Recipes Direct from Puerto RicoThis drinks recipe book focuses on 17 popular alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages of P...

Reducere. Whether you want to stroll the atmospheric streets of Old San Juan, lounge on the island's beautiful beaches, or escape to Vieques or Culebra, the ...

This book explores the relationship of Washington journalist Ruby A. Black with Eleanor Roosevelt and Luis Munoz Marin. Black's role in the politic...

The News Media in Puerto Rico offers a synopsis as well as a critical analysis of the Island's news media system, with emphasis on the political an...

DescriptionPuerto Rico is often depicted as a "racial democracy" in which a history of race mixture has produced a racially harmonious society. In ...