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Teodoro Moscoso and Puerto Rico's Operation Bootstrap / A.W. Maldonado.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 1997.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 262 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0813018676
  • 9780813018676
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Teodoro Moscoso and Puerto Rico's Operation Bootstrap.DDC classification:
  • 338.97295 21
LOC classification:
  • HC154.5 .M34 1997eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Liberation -- Moscoso's conversion -- Rexford Tugwell's call -- The fomentarian revolution -- The idea of fomento -- Industrialize Puerto Rico? -- Despite the odds -- Munoz's conversion -- From public to private ownership -- From Operation Bootstrap to Operation Serenity -- How to perform a miracle -- Industrial promotion and economic research -- How to change an abysmal image -- Tourism: the fighting word -- The soul and muscle of Bootstrap -- The price and wages of success -- Migration: to New York and Brazil -- Winds of change -- The battle for democracy in Latin America -- Moscoso in Venezuela -- The alliance for progress -- The age of Section 936 -- A superport and a confession -- From 931 to 936 -- Bootstrap under siege.
Review: "Long overdue and of superb quality, this book examines the contribution of Moscoso (the architect of Operation Bootstrap) to the politics and economics of Puerto Rico. Describes the man, the times, and the place with illuminating stories. Valuable discussion of US-Puerto Rican relations, US-Latin American affairs, and the impact of industrialization on the society. Rich in detail"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57. http://www.loc.gov/hlas
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-245) and index.

"Long overdue and of superb quality, this book examines the contribution of Moscoso (the architect of Operation Bootstrap) to the politics and economics of Puerto Rico. Describes the man, the times, and the place with illuminating stories. Valuable discussion of US-Puerto Rican relations, US-Latin American affairs, and the impact of industrialization on the society. Rich in detail"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

http://www.loc.gov/hlas

Liberation -- Moscoso's conversion -- Rexford Tugwell's call -- The fomentarian revolution -- The idea of fomento -- Industrialize Puerto Rico? -- Despite the odds -- Munoz's conversion -- From public to private ownership -- From Operation Bootstrap to Operation Serenity -- How to perform a miracle -- Industrial promotion and economic research -- How to change an abysmal image -- Tourism: the fighting word -- The soul and muscle of Bootstrap -- The price and wages of success -- Migration: to New York and Brazil -- Winds of change -- The battle for democracy in Latin America -- Moscoso in Venezuela -- The alliance for progress -- The age of Section 936 -- A superport and a confession -- From 931 to 936 -- Bootstrap under siege.

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