Library Guides: USLS 25 Year Anniversary: Documentary Film Festival: Oct 10: The Last Colony

The Last Colony: Puerto Rico's Unique Relationship with the United States
dir. by Juan Agustín Márquez, 2015

Film showing: Thurs. Oct 10, 6:00 pm, Room 198 Parks Library
Film duration: 93 minutes, followed by facilitated discussion led by Dr. José Antonio Rosa

The Last Colony: A Meditation on Puerto Rico's Political Status; Directed by Juan Agustín Márquez, 2015

The Last Colony is an in-depth exploration of Puerto Rico’s political status and its unique relationship to the United States.

Selected Books

Almost Citizens by Sam Erman
Call Number: KF4720 P83 E76 2019

ISBN: 9781108415491

Publication Date: 2018-12-13
Borderline Citizens by Robert C. McGreevey
Call Number: E184.P85 M38 2018

ISBN: 9781501716140

Publication Date: 2018-09-15
Decolonization Models for America's Last Colony: Puerto Rico by Angel Collado-Schwarz; Francisco Catala-Oliveras (Contribution by); Juan Lara (Contribution by)
Call Number: HC154.5 C6313 2012

ISBN: 9780815609636

Publication Date: 2012-02-29
Mainland Passage by Ramón E. Soto-Crespo
Call Number: PQ7428 S66 2009

ISBN: 9780816655885

Publication Date: 2009-08-05
Puerto Rico by Jorge Duany: What Everyone Needs to Know
Call Number: F1971 .D83 2017

ISBN: 9780190648701

Publication Date: 2017-03-01

Selected Articles

Arrested Development? Puerto Rico in an American Century
Devereux, J. (2019). Arrested Development? Puerto Rico in an American Century. The Journal of Economic History, 79(3), 708-735. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000329
Citizens of Empire: Puerto Rico, Status, and Constitutional Change
Erman, Sam. “Citizens of Empire: Puerto Rico, Status, and Constitutional Change.” California Law Review, vol. 102, no. 5, 2014, pp. 1181–1241., www.jstor.org/stable/24758165.
Mobile Livelihoods:The Sociocultural Practices of Circular Migrants between Puerto Rico and the United States
Duany, Jorge. “Mobile Livelihoods: The Sociocultural Practices of Circular Migrants between Puerto Rico and the United States.” The International Migration Review, vol. 36, no. 2, 2002, pp. 355–388. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/4149457.
What the Puerto Rican Hurricanes Make Visible: Chronicle of a Public Health Disaster Foretold
Joan Benach, Marinilda Rivera Díaz, Nylca J.Muñoz, Eliana Martínez-Herrera, Juan Manuel Pericàs. What the Puerto Rican hurricanes make visible: Chronicle of a public health disaster foretold. Social Science & Medicine, Volume 238, October 2019, 112367.

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The Last Colony: A Meditation on Puerto Rico's Political Status; Directed by Juan Agustín Márquez, 2015

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