|
Showing 1 - 10 of
10 matches in All Departments
Pico's text was originally published in Spanish in 1987, as one of
several works written in the late-1990s marking the centennial of
the Spanish-American-Cuban War of 1898 and its consequences for
Puerto Rico. When the U.S. invaded Puerto Rico in 1898, the country
was seriously divided by social conflicts; the invasion gave rise
to violent expression of those preexisting conflicts. Pico examines
the armed groups that terrorized the Puerto Rican countryside in
1898 and 1899, attacking first the farms and rural stores of
Spaniards, and later those of native-born Puerto Ricans of European
descent.
One of Puerto Rico's leading historians, Fernando Pico has had
tremendous influence over our currect understanding of Puerto Rican
society. Here, he examines the ways in which developments in the
courts and commercial centers of the Americas, Europe, and Africa
have affected the common people, who have tried since the
nineteenth century to take control of their political, social and
economic lives. Pico expands his landmark 1986 book, Historia
General, for this first updated American edition to include
movements and events as recent as the fight for Vieques. This
English edition has been updated and translated by the author.
This book is about the world in which the French general
Marie-Louis Ferrand thrived and in which he ultimately lost his
life. He can be seen as an overarching link between the four
revolutions from 1775 to 1825 through which he lived. He was a
pirate in the American Revolution, served as an officer in the army
before and during the French Revolution, and volunteered to go to
the French colony of Saint-Domingue (later Haiti) when Napoleon
decided to retake control of that colony. When the rebelling slaves
repulsed the French and proclaimed independence, Ferrand took
command of the remaining French forces on the island and for five
years held the eastern part for France. The last revolution he
witnessed was the one staged against himself and the French regime
in Santo Domingo.
This book is about the world in which the French general
Marie-Louis Ferrand thrived and in which he ultimately lost his
life. He can be seen as an overarching link between the four
revolutions from 1775 to 1825 through which he lived. He was a
pirate in the American Revolution, served as an officer in the army
before and during the French Revolution, and volunteered to go to
the French colony of Saint-Domingue (later Haiti) when Napoleon
decided to retake control of that colony. When the rebelling slaves
repulsed the French and proclaimed independence, Ferrand took
command of the remaining French forces on the island and for five
years held the eastern part for France. The last revolution he
witnessed was the one staged against himself and the French regime
in Santo Domingo.
Fernando Pico is Puerto Rico's leading historian and author of over
20 books in Spanish and two translated into English.Less known is
that he started his career as a columnist for the leading
English-language newspaper in Puerto Rico, the ""San Juan Star"",
from the early 1970s to the 1980s. At that time he was a
freewheeling young grad student and later a professor, and the
editor of the newspaper often cut out his more radical commentary.
Thus, Pico had to resort to oblique satire.These essays deal with
continuity and change in Puerto Rico, and constitute a delightful
San Juan reader from a thoughtful historian's point of view. The
themes range from Puerto Rican events observed from Paris, to
politics encompassing the harassment of Puerto Rican dissenters in
the early 1970's and the proliferation of referenda on the island,
to lyrical descriptions of the disappearance of rural landscapes
and cultural traditions. He describes bus riding etiquette and
documents how neighborhoods were changing. He talks to older Puerto
Ricans and records their descriptions and anecdotes, discovers old
picture books and reflects on turning points in Puerto Rican
history, ponders street names, and documents famous and forgotten
prisoners and prisons. It is a unique window onto San Juan's
wonderful cultural mosaic.
Fernando Pico is Puerto Rico's leading historian and author of over
20 books in Spanish and two translated into English.Less known is
that he started his career as a columnist for the leading
English-language newspaper in Puerto Rico, the ""San Juan Star"",
from the early 1970s to the 1980s. At that time he was a
free-wheeling young grad student and later a professor, and the
editor of the newspaper often cut out his more radical commentary.
Thus, Pico had to resort to oblique satire.These essays deal with
continuity and change in Puerto Rico, and constitute a delightful
San Juan reader from a thoughtful historian's point of view. The
themes range from Puerto Rican events observed from Paris, to
politics encompassing the harassment of Puerto Rican dissenters in
the early 1970's and the proliferation of referenda on the island,
to lyrical descriptions of the disappearance of rural landscapes
and cultural traditions. He describes bus riding etiquette and
documents how neighborhoods were changing. He talks to older Puerto
Ricans and records their descriptions and anecdotes, discovers old
picture books and reflects on turning points in Puerto Rican
history, ponders street names, and documents famous and forgotten
prisoners and prisons. It is a unique window onto San Juan's
wonderful cultural mosaic.
This title explores the war that followed the US invasion of Puerto
Rico in 1898 and has been written by Puerto Rico's leading
historian.
|
You may like...
The Car
Arctic Monkeys
CD
R393
Discovery Miles 3 930
Loot
Nadine Gordimer
Paperback
(2)
R398
R330
Discovery Miles 3 300
|