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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.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Figures and Tables (p. ix)
• Acknowledgments (p. xi)
• Part 1 An Archipelagic View on (Post-) Colonial Legacies
• 1 Of Archipelagic Connections and Postcolonial Divides (p. 3)
• 2 The Paradoxes of (Post-)Colonial Archipelagos-a Proposal for Postcolonizing Comparative Research (p. 20)
• 3 Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and the Crisis of the Great Empire: Global Dynamics and Local Developments (p. 47)
• 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 (p. 63)
• 5 The Political Economy of Contemporary Cuba (p. 76)
• 6 Puerto Rico's Colonial Legacies and Postcolonial Constellations: Economy, Society, and Polity (p. 96)
• 7 The Political Economy of Contemporary Puerto Rico (p. 113)
• 8 Sui generis: The Political Economy of the Philippines during the Spanish Colonial Regime (p. 128)
• 9 The Political Economy of Power in Contemporary Philippines: Patterns of Continuity and Change (p. 142)
• Part 3 The Past and Present of the Hierarchization of Difference and Power in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines
• 10 Spanish Colonisation's Mark on Cuba (p. 171)
• 11 Race, Gender, and Social Structure in Contemporary Cuba: Between Colonial Legacy and Current Structural Transformations (p. 184)
• 12 The Perpetual Colony: Historical Memory and Inequalities in Puerto Rican Society (p. 202)
• 13 Postcolonial Colonialism in Puerto Rico: Inequality, Capital, and Social Transfers (p. 224)
• 14 Colonial Government and Social Organization in the Spanish Philippines: Interactions and Ruptures (p. 238)
• 15 Social Inequalities and Political Organization in the Philippines (p. 259)
• 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 (p. 285)
• 17 Patterns of Work, Stratification, and Social Prestige in the Late Spanish Colonial Empire (p. 305)
• 18 Lessons Learned: The Legacies of Spanish Colonialism (p. 324)
• Contributors (p. 359)
• Index (p. 365)

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