The Disenchanted Island: Puerto Rico and the United States in the Twentieth Century

This is a revised and updated edition of Ronald Fernandez's acclaimed study of the Puerto Rico-United States relationship. Tracing that relationship from the early years of the 20th century through to the present, Fernandez provides a comprehensive analysis of political, economic, and military affairs as they relate to Puerto Rico. The new edition is completely up-to-date through 1995 and includes important new material based upon documents found in the Reagan presidential library, as well as newly declassified documents in the Eisenhower library.

Author: Ronald Fernandez
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 03/20/1996
Pages: 296
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.24h x 6.04w x 0.82d
ISBN: 9780275952273

About the Author

RONALD FERNANDEZ is Professor of Sociology at Central Connecticut State University and is the author of, among other books, Prisoners of Colonialism: The Struggle For Justice in Puerto Rico (1994), Cruising the Caribbean: U.S. Influence and Intervention in the Twentieth Century (1994), and Los Macheteros: The Violent Struggle for Puerto Rican Independence (1988).