Rodríguez-Silva, Ileana M., 1970-
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, c2012.
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Notes:

• Includes bibliographical references.
• Introduction: Racial (dis)harmony in Puerto Rico — Slavery and the multiracial, racially mixed laboring classes — Becoming a free worker in postemancipation Puerto Rico — Liberal elites’ writings: the racial dissection of the Puerto Rican specimen — Race and modernization of Ponce after slavery — II. Changing empires — US rule and the volatile topic of race in the public political sphere — Racial silencing and the organizing of Puerto Rican labor — Deflecting Puerto Rico’s blackness — Conclusion: The heavy weight of silence.

Subjects:

• Race relations — History — 19th century.
• National characteristics, Puerto Rican.
• Blacks — Race identity — Puerto Rico.
• Puerto Rico — Colonial influence.
• Working class — Puerto Rico — History — 19th century.

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