Unit I: Introduction and Contemporary Issues

 

Study Materials:

• 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).

Writing Exercise Due Sept. 15:

• YAPP Online Discussion on "Approaching the Question of Puerto Rican Identity".

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

 

Study Materials:

• On Tainos and the Legacies of Taino Heritage:

1) Tibes Archeological Site [near Ponce]
     http://ponce.inter.edu/tibes/tibes.html
2) A Taino Archeological Expedition to the Dominican Republic
     [sponsored by Discovery Channel]
     http://discovery.com/area/exploration/cenote/cenote1.html
3) Taino Online Museum
     http://www.amdatel.com/tainomuseum/
4) Taino Inter-Tribal Council [a mostly U.S.-based group that claims
    direct descent from Tainos and seeks recognition as such]
    http://www.hartford-hwp.com/taino/
5) The United Confederation of Taino People [a similar group]
     http://members.tripod.com/~Taino_3/

• Supplementary Materials for Oct. 8th Paper

Writing Exercises:

• YAPP Online Discussion on: "Puerto Rico Under Spanish Rule (to 1898)"

• Instructions for Oct. 8th paper on "Puerto Rico Under Spanish Rule"

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

 

Supplementary Materials on "1898":

• Hist. 378 Maps: The Spanish-American War of 1898;  U.S. Military Interventions in Central America and the Caribbean [restricted access]
• Library of Congress Web Site "The World of 1898"
• University of Puerto Rico site on "1898" [in Spanish]
• "The Era of William McKinley" web site at Ohio State University
• Anti-Imperialism in the United States, 1898-1935 - by Jim Zwick
• The New American Empire and the Spanish-American War - In contemporary cartoons (1894-98).
• The Spanish-American War Centenial Page - by Jess M. Giessel and Patrick McSherry.

October  20th Web Exercise:

• Instructions for Web Exercise on "Images of Puerto Rico in the Library of Congress, 'American Memory Collection.'"

• The sites for this exercise are:

1. Touring Turn-of-the-Century America Photographs from the Detroit Publishing Company, 1880-1920
2. Taking the Long View: Panoramic Photographs, ca. 1851-1991
3. America from the Great Depression to World War II: Photographs from the FSA-OWI, 1935-1945

October 27th Exercise, with Susan Gilroy, Instruction Librarian

• Ms. Gilroy will give a workshop on strategies for searching the web, and on criteria for judging web sites.  Class will meet in MCEC 152 - PC Lab - for this session.

Writing Exercises:

• Oct. 27th Paper: "The Puerto Rico Under Early U.S. Colonial Rule"

  Paper 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.

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

Paper based on: Glasser, My Music Is My Flag, and Prof. Waxer's Oct. 29th Lecture.

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

 

Study Materials on Puerto Rican Nationalism (1930s-1950s)

• Read: Fernandez, ch. 5; Dietz, 135-170.
• Study the following web sites:

1. "Pedro Albizu Campos: The Apotle of Nationalism, The Conscience of Puerto Rico" - by the Institute of Puerto Rican Policy, New York City.
2. "Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos, 1893-1965" - by COPAC
3. "Puerto Rican Nationalist Hero Remembered" - April 21, 1998 report by Pacific News Service
4. "En Memoria de Pedro Albizu Campos" - an unsigned tribute, in Spanish.
5. Pedro Albizu Campos, A Collection of His Quotes - by Yessica Torres - in Spanish.

Study Materials on the Foundation of the "Free Associated State" (1940-1967)

Study Materials on "Operation Bootstrap" (1947-1968)

Study Materials on the Great Puerto Rican Migration (1945-1970)

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

Study Materials for the Final Class Project

1. Materials for the Nov. 24 FrontPage Workshop

• Workshop Page
• Follow-Up Procedures: Ahead with the Project!
• Q&A: Additional Tips

2. Trinity College Guides to Creating Web Pages:

• Guide to Using FrontPage 98 for Windows 95 or Windows NT
• Creating a Personal Web Page: HTML & Macintosh || HTML & Windows

3. Microsoft's Guides to Using FrontPage98 [obsolete - see FrontPage2000

4. In Love with HTML? Guides For the Advanced & Adventurous

• "The Web Worker's Toolbox," by Robert Crooks, Bentley College
• "A Beginnier's Guide to Microsoft Image Composer", by Robert Crooks, Bentley College
• NCSA's "A Beginners Guide to HTML": Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
• Yale University's "Web Style Guide, Second Edition"
• Sun System's "Guide to Web Style"

5. Graphic Resources

• Library of Congress, "American Memory Collection"
• Library of Congress, "The World of 1898"
• Hist. 378 Graphics Resources [in progress]

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