03772nam a22005053i 4500 EBC3445289 MiAaPQ 20220912192425.0 m o d | cr cnu|||||||| 211129s2013 xx o ||||0 eng d 9780299289331 (electronic bk.) 9780299289348 (MiAaPQ)EBC3445289 (Au-PeEL)EBL3445289 (CaPaEBR)ebr10650678 (CaONFJC)MIL430354 (OCoLC)927484306 MiAaPQ eng rda pn MiAaPQ MiAaPQ F1975 .M59 2013 972.9505/2 del Moral, Solsiree. author Negotiating Empire : The Cultural Politics of Schools in Puerto Rico, 1898-1952 / Solsiree del Moral Wisconsin : University of Wisconsin Press, 2013. ©2013. 1 online resource (244 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Hacer patria -- Chapter 1. The Politics of Empire, Education, and Race -- Chapter 2. El magisterio (the Teachers) -- Chapter 3. Citizenship, Gender, and Schools -- Chapter 4. Testing for Citizenship in the Diaspora -- Chapter 5. Parents and Students Claim Their Rights -- Conclusion: Education, Nation, and Empire -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. After the United States invaded Puerto Rico in 1898, the new unincorporated territory sought to define its future. Seeking to shape the next generation and generate popular support for colonial rule, U.S. officials looked to education as a key venue for promoting the benefits of Americanization. At the same time, public schools became a site where Puerto Rican teachers, parents, and students could formulate and advance their own projects for building citizenship. In Negotiating Empire, Solsiree del Moral demonstrates how these colonial intermediaries aimed for regeneration and progress through education. Rather than seeing U.S. empire in Puerto Rico during this period as a contest between two sharply polarized groups, del Moral views their interaction as a process of negotiation. Although educators and families rejected some tenets of Americanization, such as English-language instruction, they also redefined and appropriated others to their benefit to increase literacy and skills required for better occupations and social mobility. Pushing their citizenship-building vision through the schools, Puerto Ricans negotiated a different school project--one that was reformist yet radical, modern yet traditional, colonial yet nationalist. Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2021. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. Education Puerto Rico 293897 History Americanization 52308 History 294023 Puerto Rico History 1898-1952 294023 Puerto Rico Colonial influence Electronic books. Moral, Solsiree del. Print version: del Moral, Solsiree Negotiating Empire Wisconsin : University of Wisconsin Press,c2013 9780299289348 ProQuest (Firm) https://login.ezproxy.pucpr.edu/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/pucpr-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3445289 Acceso Remoto https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/pucpr-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3445289 Acceso en el Campus PUCPR lcc 7 297090 297090 0 0 ddc 0 0 10 10 45 2021-12-07 0 972.9505/2 EBC3445289 2021-12-07 00:00:00 2021-12-07 7 0 0 lcc 0 0 12 12 45 2022-09-12 0 F1975 .M59 2013 50000003289450 2022-09-12 00:00:00 Ebook c. 1 2022-09-12 7