Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Map 0.1. The islands of the Caribbean archipelago. viii
4. Prologue: “I Am Never Coming Back Here” ix
5. 1 Borikén’s First Peoples: From Migration to Insurrection 1
6. 2 Consolidating the Colonial Project 14
7. 3 Revolutionary Winds: From Reform to Revolution 28
8. 4 Imagining the Great Puerto Rican Family 43
9. 5 Chronicle of a War Foretold 59
10. 6 Foundations of U.S. Colonialism in Puerto Rico 73
11. 7 A Turbulent Decade 87
12. 8 The Populist Moment 104
13. 9 The Great Migration 118
14. 10 The Cold War and the New Push for Independence 133
15. 11 The Road to Collapse 150
16. 12 Broken Promises and Ongoing Resistance 164
17. 13 The Night Everything Went Silent 179
18. 14 The Storm after María 190
19. 15 Broken Memories and Future-Oriented Histories 203
20. Acknowledgments 219
21. Notes 223
22. Selected Thematic Bibliography 267
23. Index 273
24. A NOTE ON THE TYPE 291