Soldiers of the Nation - Military Service and Modern Puerto Rico, 18681952

Informationen zum Autor Harry Franqui-Rivera is an associate professor of history at Bloomfield College in New Jersey.    Klappentext Harry Franqui-Rivera is an associate professor of history at Bloomfield College in New Jersey.¿ ¿ Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

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• Authors: Harry Franqui-Rivera
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2018
• EAN: 9780803278677
• ISBN: 978-0-8032-7867-7
• No. of pages: 342
• Series: Studies in War, Society, and t; Studies in War, Society, and the Military; Studies in War, Society, and the Military; Studies in War, Society, and t
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous