Luis Muñoz Marín: Puerto Rico's Democratic RevolutionThe book describes the most important events in Muñoz's life, played out within his own internal "civil wars": the transformation from a young bohemian, succeding at nothing, to a political leader, spearheading the campaign to convince the jibaros not to sell their vote; the journey from an ardent independentista to a principal architect of today's Commonwealth; finally, the clash between Operation Bootstrap, that lifted the island from extreme poverty through industrialization, and Operation Serenity, an expression of his yearning for socialist values and humanitarian civilization."--Jacket. |
Contents
Achnowledments | 7 |
Prologue | 9 |
Gods Agitator 18981933 | 15 |
The Son of Muñoz Rivera | 27 |
I want to be a giant | 43 |
Gods Agitator | 55 |
Americas Favorite Daughter | 75 |
The Nationalist Challenge | 85 |
Why? Why? Why? | 241 |
The Wake For A Lost Ideal | 251 |
The First Elected Governor | 263 |
The Take Off | 273 |
The Road to Reality | 285 |
The Nationalist Revolt | 299 |
The Compact | 309 |
The Battle to Create Commonwealth Status | 317 |
The Deranged Saraband 19341940 | 99 |
Eleanor Roosevelts Good Ear | 107 |
A Distinct Sense of Betrayal | 117 |
The Deranged Saraband | 131 |
Muñoz Hits Bottom | 137 |
The Beautiful Young Teacher | 159 |
The Road to Reality 19411952 | 171 |
The Democratic Revolution | 187 |
The Best and the Worst of Times | 201 |
Surviving Nazi Submarines and the U S Congress | 217 |
A Great Victory and a Hard Question | 225 |
Industrialization | 237 |
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