Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Figures -- Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and Spanish Terms -- 1.The Period of Spanish Colonialism -- 2. The Early Period of U.S. Control, 1898-1930 -- 3. The Thirties: Crisis and Transformation -- 4. The Origins of Industrialization: From State Capitalism to Operation Bootstrap -- 5. Growth and Misdevelopment: The 1950s to the Present -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary
This is a comprehensive and detailed account of the economichistory of Puerto Rico from the period of Spanish colonial dominationto the present. Interweaving findings of the "new" Puerto Ricanhistoriography with those of earlier historical studies, and usingthe most recent theoretical concepts to interpret them, James Dietzexamines the complex manner in which productive and class relationswithin Puerto Rico have interacted with changes in its placein the world economy.Besides including aggregate data on Puerto Rico's economy, theauthor offers valuable information on workers' living conditionsand women workers, plus new interpretations of development sinceOperation Bootstrap. His evaluation of the island's export-orientedeconomy has implications for many other developing countries
