Unit I: Introduction and Contemporary Issues.

Sept. 3: Introduction and Orientation.

• Read: Morris, 1-18 and 69-185; Young’s Bill (H.R. 856, xerox); González, 1-30 (xerox); and El Puerto Rican Embassy: http://www.elpuertoricanembassy.org

• View on your own: Puerto Rican Passages, a 60 min. documentary on migration to the U.S., with a focus on Connecticut (On ReserveMedia Library, VID # 2231).

Sept. 8: PC Lab Session, MCEC 152.

Sept. 10: Discussion: Making Sense of Puerto Rico’s Colonial Dilemma: Colony, Nation,
                  or American State?

Sept. 15: Discussion: From Colonial Subjects to National Minority: Puerto Rican Migration
                  to the U.S.

• YAPP Online Discussion Due: Based on materials for Unit I listed above.

Unit II: Spanish Colonialism and the Formation of
the "Puerto Rican People"

Sept. 17: Before and After the First Conquest: From Taínos to Early Spanish Colonialism.

Sept. 22: Pirates, Smugglers, and Peasant Maroons: Colonial Life to 1765.

Sept. 23: Special Event: Film Our Latin Thing, LSC Auditorium, 7:30pm. Presented by
                  Prof. Lise Waxer,  Music Dept., as part of the Latin American and Spanish
                  Film Series.

Sept. 24: Commercial Agriculture and New Spanish Colonialism, Part I: Sugar and
                  Slavery (1790-1876).

• Read: Scarano, 3-34; Santiago, 79-113; 132-142; 151-152; 256-267; 342-344.

Sept. 26: Special Event: Attend performance of Pedro Pietri’s El Spanglish National
                  Anthem,   Goodwin Theater, Austin Arts Center, 8:00pm.

Sept. 29: Special Discussion: The Dilemmas of Puerto Rican Identity, with poet and
                  playwright Pedro Pietri.

• Read: Santiago, 117-126; 181-184.

Oct. 1: Commercial Agriculture and New Spanish Colonialism, Part II: Coffee and
              Peonization (1830s-1898).

• Read: Bergad, 145-203; Zavala, 95-103.

Oct. 6: Settler Colonialism and Nationalism in the 19^th Century.

• Paper Due: Based on materials and special events during Unit II.

Unit III: Early American Colonialism and the
Rise of Competing Nationalisms

Oct. 8: A Spanish-American War Booty: the Dawn of American Colonialism in Puerto Rico,
             1898-1920s.

• Read: Fernandez, chs 1-4; Trías-Monge, 36-51.

Oct. 13 & 15: Reading Week.

Oct. 20:  Special Web Session:  Images of Puerto Rico in the Library of Congress
                 "American Memory Collection" Web site. Class meets in MCEC 152.

Oct. 22:  From "Puerto Rico" to "Porto Rico":   Politics, Economics, and Society under
                Early American Rule, 1898-1920s.

Oct. 27: Special Web Session: Searching the Web, with Susan Gilroy, Instruction
                Librarian. Trinity College Library.  Class meets in MCEC 152.

• Paper Due: "Puerto Rican Identity in the Face of Early U.S. Colonialism." Based on Fernandez, chs. 1-4; Trías-Monge; Dietz 98-134;   Guerra, 45-121; and resources on Puerto Rico in the Library of Congress "American Memory Collection" and "The World of 1898" web sites.

Oct. 29: Puerto Rican Music Between Rafael Hernandez and Rafael Cortijo. Guest Lecture
               by Prof. Lise Waxer, Music Dept., Trinity College.

Nov. 3: Discussion: Puerto Rican Identity in the Face of Early U.S. Colonialism: The Role
              of Music in Puerto Rican Popular Culture and Identity.

• Paper Due: Based on Glasser and supplementary materials.

Nov. 5: "Yankees or Puerto Ricans?": The Challenge of Albizu's Nationalism & Muñoz
               Marín’s Response.

• Read: Dietz, 135-170; Fernandez, ch. 5.

Unit IV: The Colonial Reform Era:
Industrialization, Migration, and Home Rule

Nov. 10: Operation Bootstrap and Cultural Transformations During the Fomento Era,
                 1950s-1970s.   Guest presentation by Prof. Pablo Delano, Studio Arts Program.

• Read: Dietz, 194-231, 242-250.

Nov. 12: State, Sovereign Nation, or Reformed Colonialism: the "Free Associated State"
                (1948-1967).

• Read: Fernandez, ch. 6-7;

Nov. 17: The Great Puerto Rican Migration, 1947-1970s.

• Read: Lopez, 313-343; Hernández-Cruz, 134-149; José Velásquez.

• Special Event: McCook Auditorium, 7:00pm: Screening of the documentary Manos a la Obra: The Story of Puerto Rico’s Operation Bootstrap, as part of the Migrations & Diasporas Series. Presented by La Voz Latina students.

Nov. 19: Life on the Margins? The Rise of "Nuyorican" Culture & Politics.

• Read: Santiago, 52-60, 159-177.

Unit V: The Crisis of Colonial Modernity, 1960s-1990s

Nov. 24: Special Session on the Final Project. Class Meets in MCEC 152-PC Lab.

Dec. 1: The Crisis of the Fomento Model, 1964-1982.

• Read: Fernandez, ch. 8; Pantojas, 143-182; Rosario Ferré, "Puerto Rico, U.S.A."

Dec. 3: The Rise of the Statehood Movement: "Jíbaro Statehood is for the Poor."
              Class Meets in MCEC 152-PC Lab.

• Read: Meléndez, 83-184.

Dec. 8: The Re-Emergence of Nationalism(s): The Island and the Diaspora Contexts.
               Class Meets in MCEC 152-PC Lab.

• Read: Fernandez, ch. 9; Santiago, 60-74.

Dec. 10: The "Best of Both Worlds"? Cultural Nationalism, Colonial Ambitions and Ambiguities.

• Read: Dávila, 231-242; Negrón-Muntaner, 257-285.

Dec. 14: Final Exam and Final Project Due Today.
Class Meets in MCEC 152.