03632cam a22004098i 4500 23395955 OSt 20241112141150.0 231127t20242024flu b 001 0 eng 2023054128 9781683404132 (hardback) 9781683404385 (pdf) 9781683404507 (ebook) FUG/DLC eng rda DLC DLC pcc nwpr--- HC154.5 .B86 2024 338.97295009/043 23/eng/20231201 HIS036060 BUS023000 bisacsh Burrows, Geoff G., author. The Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration : New Deal public works, modernization, and colonial reform / Geoff G. Burrows. New Deal public works, modernization, and colonial reform 1. Gainesville : University of Florida Press, [2024] xvi, 230 pages ; 23 cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction -- San Felipe, San Ciprián, and the Election of 1932 -- From Relief to Reconstruction -- Para Permanencia -- The Road to Modernization -- Rural Electrification -- Conclusion: From the New Deal to Today. "This book explores the history and impact of an important New Deal program that improved living conditions across Puerto Rico in the wake of destructive hurricanes and the Great Depression, while at the same time resulting in a strengthened colonial relationship between the island and the United States"-- Provided by publisher. "An important New Deal program that shaped the relationship between Puerto Rico and the United States This book explores the history and impact of the Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration (PRRA), the most important New Deal agency to operate in Puerto Rico and the largest created for any United States territory. Geoff Burrows demonstrates how the PRRA improved living conditions across the island in the wake of destructive hurricanes and the Great Depression, while at the same time resulting in a reformed, strengthened, and lasting colonial relationship between Puerto Rico and the US.Using previously untapped archival sources and a wide range of primary and secondary texts, Burrows follows the agency from its founding by President Roosevelt in 1935 to its ending in 1955, situating its public works program in both Puerto Rican and New Deal contexts. The PRRA built the Caribbean's first modern cement plant; implemented widespread rural electrification through the building of seven hydroelectric dams; constructed hurricane-proof houses, schools, and hospitals; and improved transportation and communication across the island. Puerto Rican engineers, planners, and officials took a leading role in these initiatives, which provided them social mobility and transformed the island's economy from agricultural to industrial. The first institutional history and critical examination of the agency, The Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration engages questions about the New Deal's global reach. It investigates how New Deal agendas refashioned US colonialism in Puerto Rico and indirectly contributed to the island's current debt crisis and response to recent natural disasters such as Hurricane MariÌ�a"-- Provided by publisher. Economic development Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico Economic policy. Puerto Rico Economic conditions. lcc 29 302620 302620 0 0 lcc 0 0 12 12 20 2024-09-27 115 = Caribbean Library Consulting Corp. 49.99 0 HC154.5 .B86 2024 50000003297503 2024-09-27 00:00:00 c. 1 49.99 2024-09-27 6