Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE vii
3. CONTENTS xi
4. TABLES xii
5. INTRODUCTION 1
6. PART I. THE SOCIOCULTURAL BACKGROUND
7. CHAPTER 1. THE TRADITIONAL VALUE SYSTEM 21
8. CHAPTER 2. NINETEENTH-CENTURY SOCIETY AND POLITICS 37
9. PART II. CULTURES IN CONFLICT
10. CHAPTER 3. THE AMERICAN CHALLENGE 63
11. CHAPTER 4. PUERTO RICAN RESPONSES 94
12. CHAPTER 5. THE DESPERATE THIRTIES 114
13. PART III. ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CHANGE
14. CHAPTER 6. BREAKTHROUGH TOWARD MODERNITY 135
15. CHAPTER 7. MODERNIZING THE ECONOMY 147
16. CHAPTER 8. SOCIAL MODERNIZATION 164
17. PART IV. POLITICAL CHANGE
18. CHAPTER 9. GOVERNMENTAL REFORMS 193
19. CHAPTER 10. ACHIEVEMENT OF COMMONWEALTH STATUS 220
20. CHAPTER 11. POLITICAL-STATUS CONTROVERSIES AFTER 1952 242
21. PART V. POLITICAL STABILITY
22. CHAPTER 12. POLITICS, THE PEOPLE, AND THE PPD 267
23. CHAPTER 13. THE LEADERSHIP OF LUIS MUNOZ MARIN 293
24. CHAPTER 14. AFTER MUNOZ? 317
25. NOTES 339
26. INDEX 419