Decolonization Models for America's Last Colony : Puerto Rico

Intro -- Contents -- Maps -- Introduction to the 2011 English Edition -- Introduction to the Third Edition (2010) -- Introduction to the First Edition (2008) -- General Note -- Part I: A Brief History of Puerto Rico -- Part 2: Interviews -- Successful Sovereignties -- Singapore -- Slovenia -- Ireland -- Israel -- New Zealand -- Estonia -- Part 3: Comparative Tables -- Part 4: Newspaper Columns by Dr. Ángel Collado-Schwarz -- Federal Laws Mean Hardships for Puerto Rican Consumers -- China and Latin America -- The Visits of Five Presidents, a Pope, and a King -- The Bride Refuses to Marry -- Ireland Is Stealing Our Cookies -- Puerto Rico: An Archipelago Without Fresh Seafood? -- The Bahamas, Small Yet Sovereign -- The Spirit of Bangalore -- The Neglect of Solar Energy -- An Agricultural Country Without Agriculture -- Violence, Mental Health, and Status -- Sovereign Gardens -- Alaskan Statehood -- The Most Exclusive Club in the World -- Sovereignty for Development -- A Quarter-Century Lost -- The Bankers Club and Puerto Rico -- Drug Traffi cking and the Feds -- A Federal Plebiscite-so Close Yet so Far -- The Territorial Clause Versus Sovereignty -- The Experts and the Territorial Clause -- The Hispanic Effect and Statehood -- The Flight of the Pharmaceuticals and Commonwealth -- JOBS, JOBS, JOBS . . . -- Asia Headed Toward the Lead -- A Decade Lost: 2000-2010 -- Obama's 238 Minutes in Puerto Rico -- The Thirty-Eighth Parallel and Commonwealth Status -- Stagnation and the Lack of Indignados -- Suggested Reading -- Contributors -- Index.