Capitalism in Colonial Puerto Rico
✍ coll.
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Puerto Rico: From Colony to Commonwealth
✍ Scribed by Richard Worth
- Publisher
- Enslow Publishing, LLC
- Year
- 2015
- Tongue
- English
- Series
- Our Shared History
- Category
- Library
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✦ Synopsis
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. Explore the island's rich history, from the early clash between Spanish colonists and the Taino people to the vibrant, yet uncertain, future of this growing nation.
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Politics; Sociology; Young Adult Nonfiction; YAN052040
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