Puerto Rico: An Interpretive History from Precolumbia Times to 1900
Since many of the documents and books about Puerto Rico were written by the 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 Tainos 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 Yaguecas. The...
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Since many of the documents and books about Puerto Rico were written by the 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 Tainos 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 Yaguecas. 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.
PrefaceAcknowledgementsCh. 1The Land and the Amerindians1Ch. 2The Newcomers to Boriquen19Ch. 3"Discovery", Conquest and Colonization35Ch. 4Foreign Attacks and Imperial Neglect, 1570s-169959Ch. 5The Colony is Reformed, 1700-179977Ch. 6Creoles Seek Political and Economic Power, 1800-1830s105Ch. 7Sugar, Slavery and Absolute Rule, 1830-1867137Ch. 8From the Lares Uprising to Autonomy, 1868-1900163Ch. 9Invasion and Occupation by the United States, 1898-1900195Ch. 10Portrait of the Society227Notes263Index287
