(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