Fantasy Island: Colonialism, Exploitation, and the Betrayal of Puerto Rico

by Ed Morales

Book Overview

A crucial, clear-eyed accounting of Puerto Rico's 122 years as a colony of the US.Two years after Hurricane Mar a, Puerto Rico is still reeling from the storm's physical destruction and the ensuing infrastructure collapse. The devastation compounded the harmful effects of over a century of exploitative US economic, political, and social policies, including the trauma inflicted by its $72 billion debt crisis.In Fantasy Island, Ed Morales...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1568588992
• ISBN13: 9781568588995
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Bold Type Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.3"