{"product_id":"puerto-rico-a-national-history-9780691231297","title":"Puerto Rico: A National History","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA panoramic history of Puerto Rico from pre-Columbian times to today\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePuerto Rico is a Spanish-speaking territory of the United States with a history shaped by conquest and resistance. For centuries, Puerto Ricans have crafted and negotiated complex ideas about nationhood. Jorell Meléndez-Badillo provides a new history of Puerto Rico that gives voice to the archipelago's people while offering a lens through which to understand the political, economic, and social challenges confronting them today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this masterful work of scholarship, Meléndez-Badillo sheds light on the vibrant cultures of the archipelago in the centuries before the arrival of Columbus and captures the full sweep of Puerto Rico's turbulent history in the centuries that followed, from the first indigenous insurrection against colonial rule in 1511--led by the powerful chieftain Agüeybaná II--to the establishment of the Commonwealth in 1952. He deftly portrays the contemporary period and the intertwined though unequal histories of the archipelago and the continental United States. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePuerto Rico\u003c\/i\u003e is an engaging, sometimes personal, and consistently surprising history of colonialism, revolt, and the creation of a national identity, offering new perspectives not only on Puerto Rico and the Caribbean but on the United States and the Atlantic world more broadly. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAvailable in Spanish from our partners at Grupo Planeta\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jorell Meléndez-Badillo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/03\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691231297","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44134826279049,"sku":"9780691231297","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_56d89174-b857-46fc-85ad-404539fe2eef.jpg?v=1748393767","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/puerto-rico-a-national-history-9780691231297","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}