(Post-)colonial archipelagos : comparing the legacies of Spanish colonialism in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines

Contents Figures and Tables Acknowledgments Part 1. An Archipelagic View on (Post-) Colonial Legacies 1. Of Archipelagic Connections and Postcolonial Divides | Johanna Leinius and Hans-Jürgen Burchardt 2. The Paradoxes of (Post-) Colonial Archipelagos—a Proposal for Postcolonizing Comparative Research | Johanna Leinius 3. Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and the Crisis of the Great Empire: Global Dynamics and Local Developments | Josep M. Fradera Part 2. The Past and Present of the Political Economy and Authority in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines 4. Spain in Cuba: Policies, Structures, Economic Practices, and Colonial Relations | Antonio Santamaría García 5. The Political Economy of Contemporary Cuba | Jacqueline Laguardia Martinez 6. Puerto Rico’s Colonial Legacies and Postcolonial Constellations: Economy, Society, and Polity | Emilio Pantojas-García 7. The Political Economy of Contemporary Puerto Rico | Argeo T. Quiñones Pérez and Ian J. Seda-Irizarry 8. Sui generis: The Political Economy of the Philippines during the Spanish Colonial Regime | Alvin A. Camba and Maria Isabel B. Aguilar 9. The Political Economy of Power in Contemporary Philippines: Patterns of Continuity and Change | Teresa R. Melgar Part 3. The Past and Present of the Hierarchization of Difference and Power in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines 10. Spanish Colonization’s Mark on Cuba | Javiher Gutiérrez Forte and Janet Iglesias Cruz 11. Race, Gender, and Social Structure in Contemporary Cuba: Between Colonial Legacy and Current Structural Transformations | Jenny Morín Nenoff 12. The Perpetual Colony: Historical Memory and Inequalities in Puerto Rican Society | Milagros Denis-Rosario 13. Postcolonial Colonialism in Puerto Rico: Inequality, Capital, and Social Transfers | Miguel A. Rivera Quiñones 14. Colonial Government and Social Organization in the Spanish Philippines: Interactions and Ruptures | María Dolores Elizalde 15. Social Inequalities and Political Organization in the Philippines | Cristina Cielo Part 4. The (Post-) Colonial Legacies of Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the Philippines: A Comparative View 16. Legacies of Slavery and People of African Descent in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Caribbean | Michael Zeuske 17. Patterns of Work, Stratification, and Social Prestige in the Late Spanish Colonial Empire | Jochen Kemner 18. Lessons Learned: The Legacies of Spanish Colonialism | Hans-Jürgen Burchardt Contributors Index "The Puerto Rican debt crisis, the challenges of social, political, and economic transition in Cuba, and the populist politics of Duterte in the Philippines-these topics are typically seen as disparate experiences of social reality. Though these island territories were colonized by the same two colonial powers-by the Spanish Empire and, after 1898, by the United States-research in the fields of history and the social sciences rarely draws links between these three contexts. Located at the intersection of Postcolonial Studies, Latin American Studies, Caribbean Studies, and History, this interdisciplinary volume brings together scholars from the US, Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Philippines to examine the colonial legacies of the three island nations of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. Instead of focusing on the legacies of US colonialism, the continuing legacies of Spanish colonialism are put center-stage. The analyses offered in the volume yield new and surprising insights into the study of colonial and postcolonial constellations that are of interest not only for experts, but also for readers interested in the social, political, economic, and cultural dynamics of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines during Spanish colonization and in the present. The empirical material profits from a rigorous and systematic analytical framework and is thus easily accessible for students, researchers, and the interested public alike"-- Provided by publisher.