Category: History

PUERTO RICO'S STATUS DEBATE THE STATEHOOD EFFORT SINCE 1898 by Amy Thornbury

Table of Contents
1	Preface	by Richard R. Tryon
2	Title Page	by Amy Thornbury
3	Table of Contents
4	Acknowledgements
5	Introduction
6	Maps
7	Chapter 1	The Background: Puerto Rico's Political Climate and relationship with the U.S.
8	Chapter 2	From Shantytown to Shining Star--An Overview of Puerto Rico's Economy
9	Chapter 3	Arguments in Favor of StatehoodAn Overview of Puerto Rico's Economy
10	Chapter 4	Arguments against StatehoodAn Overview of Puerto Rico's Economy
11	Chapter 5	Military Dominance, The Foraker Act and the Statehood Effort: 1898-1910
12	Chapter 6	Controversy over Citizenship and the Statehood Effort: 1910-1929
13	Chapter 7	Statehood for Puerto Rico in the Thirties:Close, But No Cigar
14	Chapter 8	The Rise of the Partido Popular Democrático and the Demise of the Statehood Movement: the 1940s
15	Chapter 9	Estadistas Challenge the PPD:Commonwealth in the 1950s
16	Chapter 10	A Status Plebiscite and the Birth of the Partido Nuevo Progresista: the 1960s
17	Chapter 11	Alternative Futures and PNP Politics:Restlessness in the 1970s
18	Chapter 12	A Status Stalemate: The 1980s
19	Chapter 13	Conclusions
20	Bibliography	SOURCES CONSULTED
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