Puerto Rico and the United States, 1917-1933
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Puerto Rico and the United States, 1917-1933

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Puerto Rico and the United States, 1917-1933

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From 1917 to 1933, the United States kept Puerto Rico in limbo, offering it neither a course toward independence nor much hope for prompt statehood. The Jones Act of 1917 gave Puerto Ricans U.S. citizenship, but the status of the island didn't change. In 1922, a Supreme Court decision reaffirmed the 1901 principle that island possessions had no right to equal treatment with continental territories and states. Clark unfolds with clarity the painful truth of the United States' unsavory attempt at being both a democratic and imperial nation: governors were sent without the consent of the Puerto Ricans and with little training; no positive measures were taken to improve the poor economy; little thought was given and no formal policy established to resolve its status or foster self-government.

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Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Year
2010
ISBN
9780822976059
Topic
History
Subtopic
World History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. 1. From Spanish to United States Citizenship
  5. 2. Prohibition, War, and Woman Suffrage
  6. 3. "100% Americanism" Comes to Puerto Rico
  7. 4. The Kaleidoscope of Puerto Rican Politics, 1923-1929
  8. 5. The Insular Economy, 1917-1933
  9. 6. "The Hillbilly in the Governor's Mansion"
  10. 7. Porto Rico Becomes Puerto Rico
  11. 8. The Policy of No Policy
  12. Notes
  13. Bibliography
  14. Index