Author : Rudolph Adams Van Middeldyk
Release : 1903
Genre : Puerto Rico
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis The History of Puerto Rico by : Rudolph Adams Van Middeldyk
Download or read book The History of Puerto Rico written by Rudolph Adams Van Middeldyk. This book was released on 1903. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Van Middledyk's work was the first major historical study of Puerto Rico in English. Van Middledyk advanced Puerto Rican historiography by building on the works of Brau, Coll y Toste, and Acosta, and by consulting early Spanish chronicles. A librarian at the Free Public Library of San Juan, Van Middledyk possessed knowledge of and access to considerable primary source material. His history is sympathetic to the Indians and highly critical of Spanish colonial administration. Coming in the wake of American military occupation, the book sought to explain and justify control of the island by the United States.