{"title":"History--Latin America--Pre-Columbian Era","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"puerto-rico-historia-de-una-nacion-puerto-rico-a-national-history","title":"Puerto Rico: Historia de Una Nación \/ Puerto Rico: A National History","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInternational Latino Book Awards 2025: Mejor traducción de No Ficción, Inglés a Español. MEDALLA DE BRONCE\u003c\/strong\u003e * \u003cstrong\u003eMejor libro académico a nivel universitario. MEDALLA DE BRONCE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Recomendaría este libro. Me hizo recordar \u003ci\u003eLos Hijos de Sánchez\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/strong\u003e --Comentario de los jueces del ILBA\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUna novedosa y osada visión de la historia de Puerto Rico, desde la época precolombina, hasta hoy día.\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLa historia de Puerto Rico ha estado marcada por conquistas y resistencias. A lo largo de los siglos los puertorriqueños han creado y sorteado complejas ideas sobre lo que significa pertenecer a una nación. En este libro, Jorell Meléndez-Badillo ofrece una nueva interpretación de la historia de Puerto Rico que da voz a los habitantes del archipiélago y propone una nueva perspectiva sobre los retos políticos, económicos y sociales a los que se enfrentan hoy en día.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEn este extraordinario trabajo de investigación histórica, el autor ilumina la vibrante cultura del archipiélago en los siglos previos a la llegada de Colón, así como la compleja y turbulenta historia de Puerto Rico en los siglos que siguieron, desde la primera insurrección indígena liderada por el poderoso cacique Agueybaná II contra el dominio colonial en 1511, hasta el establecimiento del Estado Libre Asociado en 1952. 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