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bAn important New Deal program that shapedbrthe relationship between Puerto Rico and the United Statesbb bpThisbrbook explores the history and impact of the Puerto Rico ReconstructionbrAdministration PRRA, the most important New Deal agency to operate in PuertobrRico and the largest created for any United States territory. Geoff Burrows demonstratesbrhow the PRRA improved living conditions across the

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bAn important New Deal program that shapedbrthe relationship between Puerto Rico and the United Statesbb bpThisbrbook explores the history and impact of the Puerto Rico ReconstructionbrAdministration PRRA, the most important New Deal agency to operate in PuertobrRico and the largest created for any United States territory. Geoff Burrows demonstratesbrhow the PRRA improved living conditions across the island in the wake of destructivebrhurricanes and the Great Depression, while at the same time resulting in abrreformed, strengthened, and lasting colonial relationship between Puerto Ricobrand the US.pUsing previously untapped archival sources and a wide rangebrof primary and secondary texts, Burrows follows the agency from its founding bybrPresident Roosevelt in 1935 to its ending in 1955, situating its public worksbrprogram in both Puerto Rican and New Deal contexts. The PRRA built thebrCaribbean's first modern cement plant implemented widespread ruralbrelectrification through the building of seven hydroelectric dams constructedbrhurricane-proof houses, schools, and hospitals and improved transportation andbrcommunication across the island. Puerto Rican engineers, planners, andbrofficials took a leading role in these initiatives, which provided them socialbrmobility and transformed the island's economy from agricultural to industrial.p p p p ppThe first institutional history and critical examination ofbrthe agency, iThebrPuerto Rico Reconstruction Administrationibrengages questions about the New Deal's global reach. It investigates how NewbrDeal agendas refashioned US colonialism in Puerto Rico and indirectlybrcontributed to the island's current debt crisis and response to recent naturalbrdisasters such as Hurricane Mara.p

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