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Cover of Puerto Rico: A National History by Jorell Meléndez-Badillo

Puerto Rico: A National History

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Cover of Puerto Rico: A National History by Jorell Meléndez-Badillo

Jorell Meléndez-Badillo · 2024 · Nonfiction

Why we chose it: A sweeping, up-to-date (2024) history that tells Puerto Rico’s story on its own terms — Indigenous and colonial pasts, empire, migration, and the long struggle over the island’s status. Accessible narrative history that never softens its politics.

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