Puerto Rico

  • Puerto Rico
    By Sarah Tieck

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  • Puerto Rico
    By Tracey Boraas

    Editorial Credits Amanda Doering , editor ; Jennifer Schonborn , series and book designer ; Enoch Peterson , illustrator ; Heather Atkinson and Jo Miller , photo researchers ; Eric Kudalis , product planning editor Photo Credits Cover ...

  • Puerto Rico
    By Erin Foley

    Describes how the culture of Puerto Rico is reflected in its festivals.

  • Puerto Rico: What Everyone Needs to Know®
    By Jorge Duany

    ... 15–16, 25, 39 “Gag Law” (1948), 56 Gamarra, Eduardo, 169 García Padilla, Alejandro, 102,116, 168, 172 García Ramis, Magali, 123 García Rivera, Oscar, 165 Gautier Benítez, José, 34 Gay Pride Community, 90 Géigel Polanco, Vicente, ...

  • Puerto Rico: Third Edition
    By Ruth Bjorklund, Richard Hantula

    Today an efficient mass transportation system, called the Tren Urbano, or Urban Train, relieves some of the congestion. The line was the first rapid transit system in the Caribbean. While cars, buses, and the Tren Urbano move people ...

  • Puerto Rico
    By Judith Bloom Fradin, Dennis B. Fradin

    Presents a history and description of this popular vacationland located 1,050 miles southeast of Miami, Florida.

  • Puerto Rico
    By Judith Bloom Fradin, Dennis B. Fradin

    Presents a history and description of this popular vacationland located 1,050 miles southeast of Miami, Florida.

  • Puerto Rico
    By Dennis B. Fradin

    Presents a history and description of this popular vacationland located 1,050 miles southeast of Miami, Florida. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

  • Puerto Rico: From Colony to Commonwealth
    By Richard Worth

    After the Spanish-American War brought Puerto Rico under the control of the United States, the island transformed from an agricultural colony to a densely populated American commonwealth.

  • Puerto Rico: From Colony to Commonwealth
    By Richard Worth

    Before Drake arrived, a crippled Spanish ship arrived in the harbor at San Juan. General Sancho Pardo y Osorio, the ship's commander, carried a huge treasure of gold and silver. Twice a year, the Spanish sent a treasure fleet from the ...

  • Puerto Rico
    By Enric Balasch i Blanch, Yolanda Ruiz

    Puerto Rico, a caballo del Atlántico y el Caribe, es un país de ensueño con sus playas de arenas blancas y aguas transparentes. Sin embargo, las playas son simplemente uno...

  • Puerto Rico: The Best of the Island with Beaches and Shopping

    What to see and do if you can't stay long - Paradors, hotels, resorts, and inns for every budget - Wonderful dining--conch fritters on a veranda, nouvelle Caribbean fare in...

  • Puerto Rico: Culture, Politics, and Identity
    By Nancy Morris

    This book uses historical and interview data to trace the development of Puerto Rican identity in the 20th century.

  • Puerto Rico: A Political and Cultural History
    By Arturo Morales Carrion

    The people of Puerto Rico today are caught in a centuries-old dilemma of identity.

  • Puerto Rico: What Everyone Needs to Know
    By Jorge Duany

    The book begins with a historical overview of Puerto Rico during the Spanish colonial period (1493-1898).

  • Puerto Rico: An Interpretive History from Pre-Columbian Times to 1900
    By Olga Jiménez de Wagenheim

    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...

  • Puerto Rico: Culture, Politics, and Identity
    By Nancy Morris

    "Explores how local political elites have shaped Puerto Rican identity during almost a century of US involvement.

  • Puerto Rico: The Trials of the Oldest Colony in the World
    By José Trías Monge

    Former Attorney General and former Chief Justice of Puerto Rico, Jose Trias Monge describes his island as one of the most densely populated places on earth, with a severely distressed economy and limited political freedom--still considered ...

  • Puerto Rico: la gran cocina del Caribe
    By José Luis Díaz de Villegas

    En 1954, (.armen Abov Vatldejuli publicó Cocina crd'/íii, obra que se convirtió en la biblia culinaria de las novias de Puerto Rico. Mas tarde, en 1970, Dora Romano publicó Cocine conmigo, que vino a completar una trilogía de cocí na ...

  • Puerto Rico: Independence, Industrial Policy, and Growth
    By Luis Gautier

    This book argues that it is in the best interests of Puerto Rico and the United States to set policies to move toward political independence for Puerto Rico.