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

Name: Creating Tropical Yankees:Social Science Textbooks and U.S. Ideological Control in Puerto Rico, 1898-1908
ISBN: 9781315811284

doi:10.4324/9781315811284

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ABSTRACT

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.

Creating Tropical Yankees

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter |27 pages

Education and Ideology in Puerto Rico, 1493–1898

chapter |83 pages

The Ideology of U.S. Policy Makers

chapter |17 pages

The Hampton-Tuskegee-Carlisle Model of Education

chapter |38 pages

History and Geography Textbooks Used in the Public Schools, 1898–1908

chapter |21 pages

Two Historiographical Giants: John Bach McMaster and Salvador Brau

chapter |9 pages

Conclusions