| Puerto Rico Inside and Out: Changes and Continuities Contributor(s): Pico, Fernando (Author), Pic[, Fernando (Author) |
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ISBN: 1558764828 ISBN-13: 9781558764828 Publisher: Markus Wiener Publishers OUR PRICE: $23.70 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Caribbean & West Indies - General - History | Essays - History | Latin America - Central America |
| Dewey: 972.950 |
| LCCN: 2008024003 |
| Physical Information: 0.49" H x 6" W x 9" (0.71 lbs) 216 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies - Cultural Region - Latin America |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The essays in this book deal with continuity and change in Puerto Rico and together constitute a delightful San Juan reader from a thoughtful historian's point of view. The themes range from Puerto Rican events as seen from Paris, to politics encompassing the harassment of Puerto Rican dissenters in the early 1970s and the proliferation of referenda on the island, to lyrical descriptions of the disappearance of rural landscapes and cultural traditions. The author describes bus-riding etiquette and documents how neighborhoods are 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. The book is a unique window onto San Juan's glorious cultural mosaic. |