Morality and Power: The U.S. Colonial Experience in Puerto Rico From 1898 to 1948 (Volume 19) (American Values Projected Abroad Series, Volume 19)

This book endeavors to explore the national purpose of the United States and of Puerto Rico. The author studies Puerto Rico from the time of 1898 to the late 1940's. She looks at the doctrine of national self-determination while analyzing the effects of colonialism in Puerto Rico at a time when worldwide decolonization prevailed.