Creating Tropical Yankees: Social Science Textbooks and U.S. Ideological Control in Puerto Rico, 1898-1908
This work explores how after acquiring Puerto Rico in 1898, the United States engaged in a systematic ideological conquest of the population through social science textbooks used in the public school system.
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Creating Tropical Yankees: Social Science Textbooks and U.S. Ideological Control in Puerto Rico, 1898-1908
This work explores how after acquiring Puerto Rico in 1898, the United States engaged in a systematic ideological conquest of the population through social science textbooks used in the public school system.
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Creating Tropical Yankees: Social Science Textbooks and U.S. Ideological Control in Puerto Rico, 1898-1908

Creating Tropical Yankees: Social Science Textbooks and U.S. Ideological Control in Puerto Rico, 1898-1908

by Jose-Manuel Navarro
Creating Tropical Yankees: Social Science Textbooks and U.S. Ideological Control in Puerto Rico, 1898-1908

Creating Tropical Yankees: Social Science Textbooks and U.S. Ideological Control in Puerto Rico, 1898-1908

by Jose-Manuel Navarro

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Overview

This work explores how after acquiring Puerto Rico in 1898, the United States engaged in a systematic ideological conquest of the population through social science textbooks used in the public school system.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780415931168
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 05/20/2002
Series: Latino Communities: Emerging Voices - Political, Social, Cultural and Legal Issues
Pages: 240
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Education and Ideology in Puerto Rico, 1493–1898; Chapter 2 The Ideology of U.S. Policy Makers; Chapter 3 The Hampton-Tuskegee-Carlisle Model of Education; Chapter 4 History and Geography Textbooks Used in the Public Schools, 1898–1908; Chapter 5 Two Historiographical Giants: John Bach McMaster and Salvador Brau; Chapter 6 Conclusions;
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