Harry Franqui-Rivera

Soldiers of the Nation

Military Service and Modern Puerto Rico, 1868-1952

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Produktbeschreibung

An exploration of the military and political mobilization of popular sectors of Puerto Rican society as the island transitioned from Spanish to U.S. imperial rule.  

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nebraska
• Seitenzahl: 348
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 503g
• ISBN-13: 9781496222343
• ISBN-10: 1496222342
• Artikelnr.: 59184722

Autorenporträt

Harry Franqui-Rivera is an associate professor of history at Bloomfield College in New Jersey.   

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations    
Acknowledgments    
Introduction    
1. Birth of a Nation: A Labor of Thirty Years, 1868–1898    
2. Puerto Rican a la Americana: A Hearts and Minds Campaign, 1898–1914    
3. A New Day Has Dawned: World War I and Mobilization of the Peasant    
4. War against the Yankees! Prelude to the Battle over Modern Puerto Rico  
 
5. Education, Industrialization, and Decolonization: The Battlefields of
World War II    
6. Fighting for the “Nation”? War at Home and Abroad    
Conclusion    
Notes    
Bibliography    
Index