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United States Textbooks and Puerto Rican History

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 August 2019

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Forum: Puerto Rico and the United States at Critical Junctures
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Copyright © The Author(s) 2019. Published by Cambridge University Press 

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1 This essay provides a representative sample of the extent to which Puerto Ricans are visible within survey narratives. It does not claim to be authoritative; one would have to read all available textbooks in both full-length and “value” editions.

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