Author:
Franqui-Rivera, Harry.
ImprintLincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2018]
Descriptionxxix, 308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note:Birth of a nation: a labor of thirty years, 1868-1898 -- Puerto Rican a la Americana: a hearts and minds campaign, 1898-1914 -- A new day has dawned: World War I and mobilization of the jibaro -- War against the yankees! Prelude to the battle over modern Puerto Rico -- Education, industrialization, and decolonization: the battlefields of World War II -- Fighting for the "nation"? war at home and abroad.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-294) and index.
Note:"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."--Provided by publisher.
