Economic History of Puerto Rico: Institutional Change and Capitalist Development - Softcover

Dietz, James L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0691022488 ISBN 13: 9780691022482

Publisher: Princeton University Press, 1987

Synopsis

This is a comprehensive and detailed account of the economic
history of Puerto Rico from the period of Spanish colonial domination
to the present. Interweaving findings of the "new" Puerto Rican
historiography with those of earlier historical studies, and using
the most recent theoretical concepts to interpret them, James Dietz
examines the complex manner in which productive and class relations
within Puerto Rico have interacted with changes in its place
in the world economy.

Besides including aggregate data on Puerto Rico's economy, the
author offers valuable information on workers' living conditions
and women workers, plus new interpretations of development since
Operation Bootstrap. His evaluation of the island's export-oriented
economy has implications for many other developing countries.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

"Probably the first general economic history of Puerto Rico
dealing with that country from the Conquest to the present, this is
an interesting and convincing overview. Its breadth of coverage
will be of genuine value to specialists in Puerto Rican studies."--Sidney W. Mintz, Johns Hopkins University

Review:

"Dietz has written a remarkably comprehensive account of the historical background to all this, using the latest theoretical concepts in economic science to buttress his case that the industrialization program of the last thirty years has essentially failed to solve the problems of persistent structural unemployment, continuing inequities in income, escalating consumerism followed by massive personal indebtedness, and continuing structural dependency on the U.S. market system." (American Historical Review)

About this edition

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0691022488
• ISBN 13: 9780691022482
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 363