Colonial Dilemma: Critical Perspectives on Contemporary Puerto RicoEdwin Meléndez, Edgardo Meléndez Comprehensive, inter-disciplinary work examines social, political, and economic life in Puerto Rico in the context of the island's political and geopolitical milieu--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Redefining Puerto Ricos Political Status | 19 |
Colonialism Citizenship and Contemporary Statehood | 41 |
The National Question in Puerto Rico | 67 |
ExportOriented Industrialization and the Demand for Female | 89 |
Puerto Ricos New Role in the Caribbean The HighFinance | 103 |
The Rescate Movement An Alternative Way of Doing Politics | 119 |
The Puerto Rican Labor Movement in the 1990s | 143 |
A Divided Nation The Puerto Rican Diaspora in the United | 173 |
Migrants Citizenship and Social Pacts | 181 |
U S Solidarity with Puerto Rico Rockwell Kent 1937 | 189 |
The Struggle for Independence The Long March to | 201 |
Notes | 215 |
About the Contributors | 243 |
About South End Press 255 | |
A CommunityBased Approach to Educational Reform | 157 |
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