Creating Tropical Yankees: Social Science Textbooks and U.S. Ideological Control in Puerto Rico, 1898-1908

By José-Manuel Navarro

Book Overview

This work explores how after acquiring Puerto Rico in 1898, the United States engaged in a systematic ideological conquest of the population through social science textbooks used in the public school system.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415931169
• ISBN13: 9780415931168
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.5"