(Post-)Colonial Archipelagos: Comparing the Legacies of Spanish Colonialism in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines

by Johanna Leinius and Hans-Jürgen Burchardt

Book Overview

The Puerto Rican debt crisis, the challenges of social, political, and economic transition in Cuba, and the populist politics of Duterte in the Philippines--these topics are typically seen as disparate experiences of social reality. Though these island territories were colonized by the same two colonial powers--by the Spanish Empire and, after 1898, by the United States--research in the fields of history and the social sciences rarely draws links...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472133160
• ISBN13: 9780472133161
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 382 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.1"