The People of Puerto Rico A Study in Social Anthropology

Front Matter......Page 2
Preface......Page 3
Sin título......Page 5
I. Introduction......Page 6
II. The Cultural Background of Contemporary Puerto Rico......Page 20
1. The Cultural Historical Approach......Page 21
2. Period I: I:iscovery and Introduction of Iberian Patterns (1493-1700)......Page 23
3. Period II: Increasing Export Agriculture (Early Eighteenth Century to Early Nineteenth Century)......Page 28
4. Period III: Expanding Export Agriculture (1815-1898)......Page 31
5. Period IV: National Patterns During the American Period (1898-1948)......Page 37
III. Types of Subcultures and Local Rural Communities: Field Studies of Farm and Town Life......Page 51
6. Tabara: Subcultures of a Tobacco and Mixed Crops Municipality......Page 52
7. San Jose: Subcultures of a "Traditional" Coffee Municipality......Page 91
8. Nocord: The Subculture of Workers on a Government-Owned Sugar Plantation......Page 138
9. Canamelar: The Subculture of a Rural Sugar Plantation Proletariat......Page 163
10. The Prominent Families of Puerto Rico......Page 215
IV. Summary and Conclusions......Page 237
11. Comparative Analysis of Regional Subcultures......Page 238
12. Nationality in Puerto Rico......Page 250
13. Some Hypothetical Regularities of Cultural Change......Page 257
Appendix......Page 261
Bibliography......Page 263
Index......Page 268