Puerto Rico : an interpretive history from pre-Columbian times to 1900
"The author expressly composed the book from the viewpoint of the colonized, suppressed, and exploited. She challenges a previously-held notion that the Tainos simply gave up at the first sight of the Spaniards, and shows that they not only fought the intruders, but continued to resist them for more than sixty years after the battle of Yagüeca. She discusses the fate and contributions of Africans who, as slaves or as free persons, became instrumental in Puerto Rico's social and economic development and shows how this multi-cultural Caribbean island brings together the global traditions of the Americas, Africa, and Europe" --back cover
Print Book, English, ©1998
Markus Wiener Publishers, Princeton, N.J., ©1998