Dietz, James L. - Economic History of Puerto Rico: Institutional Change and Capitalist Development

Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press, 1986. Hardcover. Yellow cloth boards with metallic green lettering on spine; yellow dj with bw illustration; xxiii, 337 pp; 11 unnumbered leaves of bw plates, bw map. "Interweaving findings of the 'new' Puerto Rican historiography with those of earlier historical studies, and using the most recent theoretical concepts to interpret them, James Dietz examines the complex manner in which productive and class relations within Puerto Rico have interacted with changes in its place in the world economy." dj. Contents include: 1. The Period of Spanish Colonialism -- 2. The Early Period of U.S. Control, 1989-1930 -- 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. VG-/VG- (ex-library with labels and stamps on spine, block, inside front and rear covers and title page verso. Light shelfwear to boards, block, dj. Pages are otherwise clean.) .

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