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Soldiers of the nation : military service and modern Puerto Rico, 1868-1952 / Harry Franqui-Rivera.
Van Pelt Library E183.8.P9 S67 2018
By Request
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Studies in war, society, and the military
- Studies in war, society and the military
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- History, Military.
- Soldiers.
- History.
- Military relations.
- Puerto Rico--Military relations--United States.
- Puerto Rico.
- United States--Military relations--Puerto Rico.
- United States.
- Puerto Rico--History--1898-1952.
- Soldiers--Puerto Rico--History.
- Puerto Rico--History, Military.
- Genre:
- History.
- Military history.
- Physical Description:
- xxix, 308 pages ; 24 cm.
- Other Title:
- Military service and modern Puerto Rico, 1868-1952
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2018]
- 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.
- 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.
- ISBN:
- 9780803278677
- 0803278675
- OCLC:
- 1009151261
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