Why is Puerto Rico not a State?
July 31, 2020
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Puerto Rico lies at a strange place in the greater American empire. It's one of the oldest colonized places in the Americas, and a debate about its fate has roiled for centuries. Let's talk about it!
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Ramos, Reniel Rodriguez. Rethinking Puerto Rican Precolonial History
Erman, Sam. Almost Citizen: Puerto Tico, the U.S. Constitution, and Empire
Flores, Lisa Pierce: The History of Puerto Rico
Ayala, Cesar and Bernabe, Rafael. Puerto Rico in the American Century.
Curet, L. Antonio. Caribbean Paleodemography: Population, Culture History, and Sociopolitical Processes in Ancient Puerto Rico
Duany, Jorge. Puerto Rico: What Everyone Needs to Know
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