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Book review: Factories and food stamps - the Puerto Rico model of development [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Draft of book review for Clark University Geography Magazine, Anthropode: Factories and Food Stamps - the Puerto Rico Model of Development, by Richard Weisskopf.
Seidman, Ann
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THE FIRST PRIVATIZATION POLICY IN A DEMOCRACY: SELLING STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES IN 1948-1950 PUERTO RICO. [PDF]

open access: yes
In the 1940s, when the Governor of Puerto Rico was appointed by the US President and the Puerto Rican government was answerable only to the US Federal government, a large state-owned enterprise (SOE) sector was established on the island.
Germà Bel
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Mendoza Acevedo, Carlos (antólogo, 2011), El rostro del tiempo (Antología histórica de Puerto Rico, siglos 15-20), Puerto Rico, Aguadilla, Arco de Plata Editores. ISBN 978-0-9842407-1-5 (299 páginas). [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Mendoza Acevedo, Carlos (antólogo, 2011), El rostro del tiempo (Antología histórica de Puerto Rico, siglos 15-20), Puerto Rico, Aguadilla, Arco de Plata Editores. ISBN 978-0-9842407-1-5 (299 páginas).
Román Samot, Wilkins
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The Cold War Games of a Colonial Latin American Nation: San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1966. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This chapter discusses the political events surrounding the Central American and Caribbean Games of 1966 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It demonstrates how the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico became dangerously entangled within Cold War tensions by denying ...
Antonio Sotomayor
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Pre-arc basement complex and overlying early island arc strata, Southwestern Puerto Rico : overview, geologic evolution, and revised data bases [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The pre-arc basement complex in southwestern Puerto Rico consists of rocks exposed in the Bermeja complex. The oldest rocks are highly serpentinized peridotites that occur in three belts (Monte del Estado, Río Guanajibo, and Sierra Bermeja).
Dickin, A.P., Jolly, W.T., Lidiak, E.G.
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La economía del consumo como propuesta socio-teórica [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
El concepto economía de consumo se expone como propuesta que permite examinar los diversos desplazamientos del fenómeno del consumo a nivel contemporáneo.
Ortiz Negrón, Laura L.
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The Effect of the Minimum Wage When It Really Bites: A Reexamination of the Evidence from Puerto Rico [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper reinvestigates the evidence on the impact of the minimum wage on employment in Puerto Rico. The strongest evidence that the minimum wage had a negative effect on employment comes from an aggregate time series analysis.
Alan B. Krueger
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Linguistic Colonialism: Law, Independence, and Language Rights in Puerto Rico [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Part I reviews and analyzes courts\u27 attempts to reconcile the conflict between the statutory English-language requirement for federal jurors, Puerto Rico\u27s almost entirely Spanish-speaking population, and the Sixth Amendment\u27s constitutional ...
Freeman, Andrea
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