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Title:

Soldiers of the nation : military service and modern Puerto Rico, 1868-1952 / Harry Franqui-Rivera.

Publisher:

University of Nebraska Press,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xxix, 308 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Puerto Rico--Military relations--United States.
United States--Military relations--Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico--History--1898-1952.
Soldiers--Puerto Rico--History.
Puerto Rico--History, Military.
Military relations.
Soldiers.
Puerto Rico.
United States.
1898-1952
History.
Military history.

Other Authors:

Franqui-Rivera, Harry, editor.

Contents:

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.

Summary:

"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.

Series:

Studies in war, society and the military

ISBN:

0803278675
9780803278677

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1009151261

LCCN:

2017052571

Locations:

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

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)