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100	1		_aBurrows, Geoff G., _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration : _bNew Deal public works, modernization, and colonial reform / _cGeoff G. Burrows.
246	3	0	_aNew Deal public works, modernization, and colonial reform
250			_a1.
264		1	_aGainesville : _bUniversity of Florida Press, _c[2024]
300			_axvi, 230 pages ; _c23 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction -- 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.
520			_a"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"-- _cProvided by publisher.
520			_a"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 Mari�a"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aEconomic development _zPuerto Rico.
651		0	_aPuerto Rico _xEconomic policy.
651		0	_aPuerto Rico _xEconomic conditions.
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