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La Isla de la Fantasia - by Ed Morales (Paperback)

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Highlights

  • Un recuento crucial y preciso de los 122 anos de Puerto Rico como colonia de los EE.
  • About the Author: Ed Morales es el autor de Latinx, The Latin Beat, y Living in Spanglish.
  • 448 Pages
  • History, Caribbean & West Indies

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About the Book



Translation of: Fantasy Island: Colonialism, Exploitation, and the betrayal of Puerto Rico.



Book Synopsis



Un recuento crucial y preciso de los 122 anos de Puerto Rico como colonia de los EE. UU.

A dos años del huracán María, Puerto Rico aún sigue recuperándose de la destrucción física de la tormenta y el colapso de la infraestructura resultante. La devastación agravó los efectos dañinos de más de un siglo causados por la explotación de Estados Unidos con sus políticas económicas, sociales y de asuntos políticos, incluido el trauma infligido por su crisis de deuda de 72 mil millones de dólares.
En La isla de la fantasía, el periodista Ed Morales describe cómo, a lo largo de los años, Puerto Rico ha servido como un satélite colonial, una vitrina de la Guerra Fría del Caribe, un vertedero de productos manufacturados en Estados Unidos y un refugio fiscal corporativo. Emprendiendo al lector en un viaje ida y vuelta de San Juan a la ciudad de Nueva York, La isla de la fantasía es un relato crucial y claro de los 122 años de Puerto Rico como colonia de los Estados Unidos.



Review Quotes




"[An] eye-opening economic and political history... [Morales's] technical yet impassioned polemic will persuade those with a keen interest in the subject."--Publishers Weekly

"Ambitious, intimidating, and beautiful...This book will be particularly important to readers with a connection to Puerto Rico and useful and thought-provoking to anyone else seeking to understand capitalism's past, present, and future."--Library Journal

"Ed Morales has put together a compelling indictment of U.S. colonialism in Puerto Rico, based on journalistic and academic sources as well as his personal experiences as a New York-born Puerto Rican who cares deeply about his ancestral homeland. His work is an engaging, compassionate, well-documented, and crisply written analysis of the political, economic, and demographic downturn of the Island, after more than a decade of economic recession and almost two years since hurricane Maria."--Jorge Duany, author of Puerto Rico: What Everyone Needs to Know

"The hurricanes, the debt, the depopulation. Ed Morales has written an urgent, fascinating, and impassioned portrait of Puerto Rico, the world's oldest colony."--Daniel Immerwahr, author of How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States



About the Author



Ed Morales es el autor de Latinx, The Latin Beat, y Living in Spanglish. Él vive en la ciudad de Nueva York.
Dimensions (Overall): 8.1 Inches (H) x 5.4 Inches (W) x 1.2 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.15 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 448
Genre: History
Sub-Genre: Caribbean & West Indies
Publisher: Bold Type Books
Theme: General
Format: Paperback
Author: Ed Morales
Language: Spanish
Street Date: November 5, 2019
TCIN: 77058390
UPC: 9781541762992
Item Number (DPCI): 247-23-9752
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship dimensions: 1.2 inches length x 5.4 inches width x 8.1 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 1.15 pounds
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