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History of Puerto Rico: A Panorama of Its People | 
| Author: Fernando Pico
Publisher: Markus Wiener Publishers
Category: Book
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 1835635
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1ST
Pages: 351
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.3 x 1.3
ISBN: 1558763708
Dewey Decimal Number: 972.95
EAN: 9781558763708
ASIN: 1558763708
Publication Date: February 1, 2006
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One of Puerto Rico's leading historians, Fernando Pico has had tremendous influence over our currect understanding of Puerto Rican society. Here, he examines the ways in which developments in the courts and commercial centers of the Americas, Europe, and Africa have affected the common people, who have tried since the nineteenth century to take control of their political, social and economic lives. Pico expands his book, "Historia General," for this first updated American edition to include movements and events as recent as the fight for Vieques.
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Puerto Rican history presented in a most engaging, informative manner by a gifted writer August 22, 2009
William Krause
I had read Fernando Pico's "Puerto Rico, Inside and Out" and so thoroughly enjoyed his unique(although he could easily be compared to Garcia Marques)style of capturing the humanity of his many characters that I looked forward to reading his take on Puerto Rican history, and I was not disappointed. He touches on all the key points of Puerto Rican trials - and tribulations - since the Spanish incursion in 1493 to the American invasion in 1898 and subsequent involvement, and does it in a remarkably rational and most readable way, and the reader comes away better informed and amazingly entertained by the humorous and human manner of his discourse. This is a wonderful read.
Simply Superb September 9, 2006
David Landt (Chicago, USA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Having read a lot of general history from Europe to South America to the Middle East, you come to really appreciate someone who can write like a person. Professor Pico, without taking anything from the historical record, manages to write from a perspective of "our" history, and frequently uses that possessive along with the word "we", giving a very involved and intimate feel to the chronology.
Writign history is by nature to at teimes write about some of the dullest, but necessary data in the world. Only a seasoned and talented writer like Professor Pico can actually make the transition from one main crop to another interesting. Never before have I encountered a historian so talented as a writer that he can actually use imagery like a farmer lying in his hammock smoking part of his new crop of tobacco.
Some of the best written parts of this book are; the attempted English invasions, described in crisp detail; the radical movements of the 1960s (although he somehow never mentions the FALN by name);, and the reforms of the semi-enlightened Spanish despot, Pezuela.
I do wish there had been more maps in the book, but this is the only downfall. It can be frustrating to read about places and not be able to know where they are.
Choice Magazine review, July 2006 August 10, 2006
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7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Essentially, this is an updated and expanded version of the second edition of the brilliant work published in Spanish in 1986. As with his other publications, Pico demonstrates why he ranks among the most magisterial historians of Puerto Rico. The 16 chapters are arrestingly readable and cover the complex history of Puerto Rico with commendable verbal economy. Pico impressively contextualizes the story by consistently placing Puerto Rico in the wider Caribbean, Atlantic, and Hispanic worlds, and does an excellent job with the main outlines of the local history. The book starts with the geological formation of the island; continues chronologically with a description of the first settlers, their conquest and virtual annihilation; and details the Spanish society and economy constructed after 1493. Like all excellent histories of the Caribbean, this one is inordinately rich on the social aspects of community formation and the inevitable cross-imperial relations that invariably frustrated local administrators.
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