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Author:
Rodriguez, Manuel R., 1967-
Title:
A new deal for the tropics : Puerto Rico during the Depression era, 1932-1935 / Manuel R. Rodriguez.
Publisher:
Markus Wiener Publishers,
Copyright Date:
c2011
Description:
viii, 161 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Puerto Rico--History--1898-1952.
Depressions--1929--Puerto Rico.
New Deal, 1933-1939--Puerto Rico.
Other Authors:
Puerto Rico Emergency Relief Administration.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-161)
Contents:
Bringing the promise of modernity: a new deal for Puerto Rico, 1932-1935 -- From emergency relief to development: the emergence of the Puerto Rico Emergency Relief Administration -- The heralds of modernity: the role of Puerto Rican professionals in the Puerto Rican Relief Administration -- The deployment of development: the implementation of the PRERA Programs and their impact upon Puerto Rican society -- The limits of the PRERA as a development project and the rise of a new government rationale.
ISBN:
1558765182 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
9781558765184 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
1558765174 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
9781558765177 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)657270828
LCCN:
2010033364
Locations:
OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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