Negotiating Empire: The Cultural Politics of Schools in Puerto Rico, 1898–1952, written by Solsiree del Moral

Lanny Thompson

doi:10.1163/22134360-08903030

Abstract

Negotiating Empire: The Cultural Politics of Schools in Puerto Rico, 1898–1952, written by Solsiree del Moral

Highlights

The history of education in Puerto Rico in the first decades of the twentieth century has focused, with few exceptions, on the hegemonic process of Americanization imposed by the new colonial regime
Solsiree del Moral examines the archives of the local Teachers Association, formed in 1911 by Puerto Rican classroom teachers and administrators
Del Moral argues that “colonial citizenship” was “negotiated” by Puerto Rican teachers and this resulted in a configuration of “cultural nationalism” which later found its political expression in the creation of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in 1952

Summary

Introduction

Solsiree del Moral Negotiating Empire: The Cultural Politics of Schools in Puerto Rico, 1898–1952. The history of education in Puerto Rico in the first decades of the twentieth century has focused, with few exceptions, on the hegemonic process of Americanization imposed by the new colonial regime. Solsiree del Moral examines the archives of the local Teachers Association, formed in 1911 by Puerto Rican classroom teachers and administrators.

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