Puerto Rico: An Interpretive History from Precolumbia Times to 1900 - Couverture souple

Wagenheim, Olga Jimenez De

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1558761225 ISBN 13 : 9781558761223

Editeur : Markus Wiener Publishing Inc, 2006

Synopsis

Because many of the documents and books about Puerto Rico have been written by the island's colonizers, only the victors were celebrated. With this in mind, the author has expressly composed this book from the viewpoint of the colonized, suppressed, and exploited. She challenges a previously-held notion that the Taínos simply gave up at the first sight of the Spaniards, and shows that they not only fought the intruders, but continued to resist them for more than sixty years after the battle of Yagüecas. The author discusses the fate and contributions of Africans who, as slaves or as free persons, became instrumental in Puerto Rico's social and economic development and shows how this multi-cultural Caribbean island brings together the global traditions of the Americas, Africa, and Europe.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Markus Wiener Publishing Inc
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1558761225
• ISBN 13: 9781558761223
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible