Puerto Rico

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Geology and geography of Puerto Rico -- Taínos and their predecessors : circa 4000 BC-1500s AD -- Columbus, colonization, demise of Taínos, 1492 to mid-1500s -- Puerto Rico struggles to survive : repels attacks, produces sugar, pastures cattle and trades with Spain, 1530s-1650s -- Puerto Rico develops, reacts to the arrival of other nations, 1620s-end of 1700s -- The hundred year search for autonomy and an economy, 1800s -- Spanish-American War, US invasion and annexation of Puerto Rico, 1898- 1899 -- Military government, US colonial policy, Foraker Act, 1899-1901 -- Americans take control : politics, 1900-1940 -- Americans take control : the economy, 1900-1940 -- The new politics : Munoz Marín and the PPD, World War II, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the struggle for greater autonomy, 1936-1967 -- Unsuccessful search for a stable economy, 1940s to 1970s -- Challenges and changes in recent decades -- Histories of Puerto Rican culture.

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