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La mordaza (the gag law) : the attempt to crush the independence movement in Puerto Rico (1948-1957) / Ivonne Acosta Lespier ; [translation Elsa Luciano Feal ; prologue by Juan González].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Acosta, Ivonne, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Mordaza. English
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Puerto Rico--Politics and government--1898-1952.
- Puerto Rico.
- Puerto Rico--Politics and government--1952-1998.
- Puerto Rico--History--Autonomy and independence movements.
- Autonomy and independence movements.
- Politics and government.
- Genre:
- History
- Physical Description:
- v, 6-286 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Gag law
- Attempt to crush the independence movement in Puerto Rico (1948-1957)
- Place of Publication:
- Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico : DS Editores, [2018]
- Summary:
- Ivonne Acosta-Lespier examines and places in historical perspective Law 53 of 1948, a repressive statute that mimicked sections of the Smith Law and was known in Puerto Rico as la mordaza or the "Gaga Law". According to Acosta-Lespier, for nearly ten crucial years, the Gag Law managed to mortally wound the Nationalist Party, and through fear decrease the electoral force of the pro-independence party, giving way to the electoral rise of the annexation movement. -- Summary from book.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9781974281725
- 1974281728
- OCLC:
- 1322838259
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