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Title:

Manos a la obra [videorecording] : the story of Operation Bootstrap / a production of Centro de Estudios Puertorriquenos, City University of New York ; produced and directed by Pedro A. Rivera and Susan Zeig ; written by Pedro A. Rivera.

Format:

[videorecording] :

Publisher:

Cinema Guild,

Copyright Date:

c1983

Description:

1 videocassette (59 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in.

Subject:

Investments, American--Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico--Economic policy.
Puerto Rico--Politics and government--1952-
Puerto Rico--Social conditions

Other Authors:

Zeig, Susan.
Rivera, Pedro Angel.
City University of New York. Centro de Estudios Puertorrique©łos.

Notes:

Ilka Tanya Payan, narrator.

Summary:

A documentary on Puerto Rico's "Operation Bootstrap," an economic development plan undertaken in the 1950s which was to attract U.S. capital and serve as a model for the Americas. Using newsreels, archival photographs, and excerpts from government propaganda films, examines the background and many problematic issues posed by the plan.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)32520814

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)