El Nuevo Dia -Puerto Rico's largest daily newspaper
"Informative, comprehensive, and written in accessible style."
Altagracia Ortiz, John Jay College; author of Eighteenth-Century Reform in the Caribbean
"This work is an excellent example of a new trend in Puerto Rican historiography.."
Book Description
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 Yagecas. 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.
About the Author
Olga Jim‚nez de Wagenheim, Rutgers University, is author of Puerto Rico's Revolt for Independence: El Grito de Lares, and co-editor of The Puerto Ricans: A Documentary History.
Puerto Rico: An Interpretive History from Precolumbia Times to 1900 FROM THE PUBLISHER
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.
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