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Author : Gerald Singer
Publisher : Sombrero Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 0964122049
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (641 download)
Download or read book Vieques written by Gerald Singer and published by Sombrero Publishing Company. This book was released on 2004 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mario Murillo
Publisher : Seven Stories Press
ISBN 13 : 1609801180
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (98 download)
Download or read book Islands of Resistance written by Mario Murillo and published by Seven Stories Press. This book was released on 2011-01-04 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While 1998 marked the 100th anniversary of the United States' invasion and takeover of Puerto Rico, it wasn't until 1999 that the island's political movements reappeared on the radar screen of the American people. That year, two major developments occurred that transformed the relationship between Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C.: the limited clemency granted by then-President Clinton to eleven Puerto Rican Nationalists, and the death of Puerto Rican civilian security guard David Sanes, killed by missile fragments from U.S. naval bombing tests on the island municipality of Vieques. How does Vieques fit into the political future of Puerto Rico? While anti-Navy protesters are careful not to mix the island's political status options with their battle against the Navy, it is important to understand the role Washington has played in shaping Puerto Rico's current reality and how it has allowed the Navy to use Vieques as a bombing range for 60 years. It also helps one begin to predict what is the future of Puerto Rico. Is it to be a colony? Fifty-first state of the United States? Sovereign nation? In Islands of Resistance, Mario A. Murillo approaches these questions by examining how Puerto Rican politics have been shaped as much by 100 years of U.S. economic, military, and cultural domination of the territory, as by the enduring grassroots resistance of the Puerto Rican people. Islands of Resistance puts the contemporary situation in Puerto Rico into an historic context that will help people understand what is at stake in Vieques, not only for Viequenses, but for Puerto Ricans, both on the island and in the diaspora.
Author : Katherine T. McCaffrey
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780813530918
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (39 download)
Download or read book Military Power and Popular Protest written by Katherine T. McCaffrey and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Katherine T. McCaffrey gives a complete analysis of the troubled relationship between the U.S. Navy and island residents. She explores such topics as the history of U.S. naval involvement in Vieques; a grassroots mobilization-led by fishermen-that began in the 1970s; how the navy promised to improve the lives of the island residents-and failed; and the present-day emergence of a revitalized political activism that has effectively challenged naval hegemony.
Author : Daphne deJersey Gemmill
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780982105719
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (57 download)
Download or read book Birds of Vieques Island Puerto Rico written by Daphne deJersey Gemmill and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Corky Parker
Publisher : Trinity University Press
ISBN 13 : 1595349065
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (953 download)
Download or read book La Finca written by Corky Parker and published by Trinity University Press. This book was released on 2021-01-26 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At age forty, Parker surrendered to her Swept Away meets Swiss Family Robinson fantasy of running an inn far from her home in the Pacific Northwest. For the next twenty-plus years Parker ran La Finca Caribe, an eco-lodge in Vieques, Puerto Rico. What started as a rough-and-tumble dream grew into a paradise enjoyed by guests from around the world. Sketchbook in hand, Parker chronicled her daily adventures living with the land. La Finca is a lively graphic memoir about a woman creating a new life amid countless challenges, including hurricanes that led her to reconsider everything. It is a story about trusting oneself, self-discovery, accepting disappointment and loss, and falling in love with a place.
Author : Luis Galanes Valldejuli
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 149855542X
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (985 download)
Download or read book Tourism and Language in Vieques written by Luis Galanes Valldejuli and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2017-12-06 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After more than sixty years of occupation by the U.S. Navy and intensive community struggles, the Puerto Rican island of Vieques was finally returned to civilian control in 2003. But, as this book documents, the Viequenses’ struggles were far form over after the departure of the Navy. The Viequenses were left to contend with the devastating effects of sixty-two years of bombing; the environment and health of the population had been severely harmed. Yet this was a minor issue in comparison to the effects of the newly instated tourism industry on the island. Drawing from ethnographic research conducted between 2004 to 2016, Luis Galanes Valldejuli captures the larger social conflict derived from the arrival of tourists, who brought change to the island in the form of land speculation, work conflicts, racism, language barriers, and neoliberalism. A close observer of the Viequenses, Valldejuli details the deleterious effects of tourism on the voice of the Viequenses: they were no longer heard. This book is recommended for scholars of anthropology, tourism studies, linguistics, cultural geography, political science, and history.
Author : César J. Ayala
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781558765382
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (653 download)
Download or read book Battleship Vieques written by César J. Ayala and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The demonstrations that resulted in the US Navy being forced out of Vieques in 2003 were the result of the island's occupation during and after World War II. After German U-boats sank more ships in the Caribbean than anywhere else, the US government decided to transform the island of Vieques into an unsinkable battleship. The Navy thereby ignored the cultural traditions of the Puerto Rican population, introduced racial discrimination, forced the relocation of its population, and showed no concern for the local economy, which was ruined by the occupation.
Author : Zain Deane
Publisher : The Countryman Press
ISBN 13 : 1581578431
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (815 download)
Download or read book Explorer's Guide San Juan, Vieques & Culebra: A Great Destination (Second Edition) written by Zain Deane and published by The Countryman Press. This book was released on 2011-11-07 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive guide, now fully updated, to the three most popular destinations in Puerto Rico. No matter your budget, tastes, or passions, Puerto Rico has something to please your senses and wish you could come back for more. Author Zain Deane takes you on a tour of San Juan and its main islands and shows you how to uncover its best-kept secrets and treasures—from breathtaking beaches and rain forest hikes to extraordinary shopping and dining spots on narrow colonial streets. Puerto Rico has something to please all your senses, regardless of your budget, tastes, or passions. Distinctive for their accuracy, simplicity, and conversational tone, the diverse travel guides in our Explorer's Great Destinations series meet the conflicting demands of the modern traveler. They're packed full of up-to-date information to help plan the perfect getaway. And they're compact and light enough to come along for the ride. A tool you'll turn to before, during, and after your trip, these guides include chapters on lodging, dining, transportation, history, shopping, recreation, and more; a section packed with practical information, such as lists of banks, hospitals, post offices, laundromats, numbers for police, fire, and rescue, and other relevant information; maps of regions and locales, and more.
Author : Theo V. Bennett
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 9781462091171
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (911 download)
Download or read book Vieques Island written by Theo V. Bennett and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001-12-03 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience with Sgt. Elbo Janes and Cpl. T.V. Bennett the explosion of an atomic bomb at Desert Rock, Nevada. Sail with them to Vieques Island, Puerto Rico on Navy ships. Meet John, the Merchant of Vieques, who came to Radio Hill on horseback bringing orange pop, bread, or a woman in a red dress. Watch as Banshee fighter planes off the Carrier USS Midway, strafe, shell and spread fiery Napalm on the Eastern end of Vieques. Take an inside look at the fun, the fights and the loves of these Marines on liberty in New York, San Juan and Havana. Laugh at some of their escapades as they try to live up to their own motto: "Hell, we're Marines: We can do anything we want to do!" Share in their growth as individuals and the building of life-long friendships.
Author : Jorge Rodríguez Beruff
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1626740879
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (267 download)
Download or read book Island at War written by Jorge Rodríguez Beruff and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2015-05-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite Puerto Rico being the hub of the United States' naval response to the German blockade of the Caribbean, there is very little published scholarship on the island's heavy involvement in the global conflict of World War II. Recently, a new generation of scholars has been compiling interdisciplinary research with fresh insights about the profound wartime changes, which in turn generated conditions for the rapid economic, social, and political development of postwar Puerto Rico. The island's subsequent transformation cannot be adequately grasped without tracing its roots to the war years. Island at War brings together outstanding new research on Puerto Rico and makes it accessible in English. It covers ten distinct topics written by nine distinguished scholars from the Caribbean and beyond. Contributors include experts in the fields of history, political science, sociology, literature, journalism, communications, and engineering. Topics include US strategic debate and war planning for the Caribbean on the eve of World War II, Puerto Rico as the headquarters of the Caribbean Sea frontier, war and political transition in Puerto Rico, the war economy of Puerto Rico, the German blockade of the Caribbean in 1942, and the story of a Puerto Rican officer in the Second World War and Korea. With these essays and others, Island at War represents the cutting edge of scholarship on the role of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean in World War II and its aftermath.
Author : Naomi Klein
Publisher : Haymarket Books
ISBN 13 : 1608464318
Total Pages : 53 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (84 download)
Download or read book The Battle for Paradise written by Naomi Klein and published by Haymarket Books. This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fearless necessary reporting . . . Klein exposes the ‘battle of utopias’ that is currently unfolding in storm-ravaged Puerto Rico” (Junot Díaz, author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao) “We are in a fight for our lives. Hurricanes Irma and María unmasked the colonialism we face in Puerto Rico, and the inequality it fosters, creating a fierce humanitarian crisis. Now we must find a path forward to equality and sustainability, a path driven by communities, not investors. And this book explains, with careful and unbiased reporting, only the efforts of our community activists can answer the paramount question: What type of society do we want to become and who is Puerto Rico for?” —Carmen Yulín Cruz, Mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico In the rubble of Hurricane Maria, Puerto Ricans and ultrarich “Puertopians” are locked in a pitched struggle over how to remake the island. In this vital and startling investigation, bestselling author and activist Naomi Klein uncovers how the forces of shock politics and disaster capitalism seek to undermine the nation’s radical, resilient vision for a “just recovery.” All royalties from the sale of this book in English and Spanish go directly to JunteGente, a gathering of Puerto Rican organizations resisting disaster capitalism and advancing a fair and healthy recovery for their island. “Klein chronicles the extraordinary grassroots resistance by the Puerto Rican people against neoliberal privatization and Wall Street greed in the aftermath of the island’s financial meltdown, of hurricane devastation, and of Washington’s imposition of an outside control board over the most important U.S. colony.” —Juan González, cohost of Democracy Now! and author of Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America
Author : Delia Sherman
Publisher : Candlewick Press
ISBN 13 : 0763669806
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (636 download)
Download or read book The Freedom Maze written by Delia Sherman and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2014-01-07 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Multilayered, compassionate, and thought-provoking." — Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Thirteen-year-old Sophie isn’t happy about spending the summer of 1960 at her grandmother’s old house in the bayou. Bored and lonely, she can’t resist exploring the house’s maze, or making an impulsive wish for a fantasy-book adventure with herself as the heroine. What she gets instead is a real adventure: a trip back in time to 1860 and the race-haunted world of her family’s Louisiana sugar plantation. Here, President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation is still two years in the future and passage of the Thirteenth Amendment is almost four years away. And here, Sophie is mistaken, by her own ancestors, for a slave.
Author : Stephen J. Pavlidis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781892399397
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (993 download)
Download or read book A Cruising Guide to Puerto Rico written by Stephen J. Pavlidis and published by . This book was released on 2014-11 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Cruising Guide to Puerto Rico, 3rd Ed including the Spanish Virgin Islands and the north coast ports of the Dominican Republic: is the most comprehensive guide ever written for Puerto Rico. Its 53 detailed, full-color charts contain extremely accurate hydrographic data based on personally conducted independent surveys by the author. It also contains GPS waypoints and extensive navigational instructions for the whole island chain, aerial photos of principal harbors, approaches and routes, anchorages, services, dive sites, history, index, bibliography and more. It will greatly enhance your cruising experiences throughout the islands by offering you valuable information based on local knowledge. Features: New Completely Updated Third Edition of this Pavlidis Guide! New Full-color Aerial Photos All Original Charts Based on Personal Surveys Conducted by the Author Extensive Navigational Instructions, and GPS Waypoints Coverage Area: Culebra Mayaguez Boqueron La Parguera Gilligan's Island Ponce Salinas Palmas del Mar Fajardo Vieques San Juan The Mona Passage Puerto del Rey Marina Dominican Republic North Coast Ports
Author : Tim Brookes
Publisher : Grove Press
ISBN 13 : 9780802142580
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (425 download)
Download or read book Guitar: an American life written by Tim Brookes and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 1979 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reunion is the awkward, tender meeting between a father and daughter after nearly twenty years separation. Dark Pony is the telling of a mythical story by a father to his young daughter as they drive home in the evening.
Author : Ramon Bosque-Perez
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 079148338X
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (914 download)
Download or read book Puerto Rico under Colonial Rule written by Ramon Bosque-Perez and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2006-06-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Puerto Rico, one of the last and most populated colonial territories in the world, occupies a relatively unique position. Its lengthy interaction with the United States has resulted in the long-term acquisition of expanded legal rights and relative political stability. At the same time, that interaction has simultaneously seen political intolerance and the denial of basic rights, particularly toward those who have challenged colonialism. In Puerto Rico under Colonial Rule, academics and intellectuals from the fields of political science, history, sociology, and law examine three themes: evidence of state-sponsored political persecution in the twentieth century, contemporary issues, and the case of Vieques.
Author : Zain Deane
Publisher : The Countryman Press
ISBN 13 : 1581571356
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (815 download)
Download or read book Explorer's Guides San Juan Vieques and Culebra 2nd Edition written by Zain Deane and published by The Countryman Press. This book was released on 2011-10-25 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A travel guide to San Juan, Vieques, and Culebra that provides information on the region's history, lodging, dining, culture, recreation, shopping, transportation, outdoor activities, and more.
Author : Ann Dávila Cardinal
Publisher : Tor Teen
ISBN 13 : 1250296137
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)
Download or read book Category Five written by Ann Dávila Cardinal and published by Tor Teen. This book was released on 2020-06-02 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Category Five is a new supernatural YA thriller from Ann Dávila Cardinal, set against the backdrop of a post-hurricane Puerto Rico. After the hurricane, some see destruction and some smell blood. The tiny island of Vieques, located just off the northeastern coast of the main island of Puerto Rico, is trying to recover after hurricane Maria, but the already battered island is now half empty. To make matters worse, as on the main island, developers have come in to buy up the land at a fraction of its worth, taking advantage of the island when it is down. Lupe, Javier, and Marisol are back to investigate a series of murders that follow in the wake of a hurricane and in the shadow of a new supernatural threat. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
