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| List of Maps | |
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| Introduction to the 2011 English Edition | |
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| Introduction to the Third Edition (2010) | |
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| Introduction to the First Edition (2008) | |
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| General Note | |
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| A Brief History of Puerto Rico | |
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| Interviews | |
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| Successful Sovereignties: Decolonization Models for America's Last Colony, Puerto Rico | |
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| Singapore | |
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| Slovenia | |
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| Ireland | |
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| Israel | |
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| New Zealand | |
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| Estonia | |
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| Comparative Tables | |
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| World Bank Statistics, 2010 | |
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| Central Intelligence Agency World Factbook Statistics, 2010 | |
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| Growth of Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP, %), Five-Year Forecast: Economist Intelligence Unit | |
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| Newspaper Columns | |
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| Federal Laws Mean Hardships for Puerto Rican Consumers | |
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| China and Latin America | |
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| The Visits of Five Presidents, a Pope, and a King | |
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| The Bride Refuses to Marry | |
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| Ireland Is Stealing Our Cookies | |
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| Puerto Rico: An Archipelago Without Fresh Seafood? | |
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| The Bahamas, Small Yet Sovereign | |
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| The Spirit of Bangalore | |
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| The Neglect of Solar Energy | |
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| An Agricultural Country Without Agriculture | |
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| Violence, Mental Health, and Status | |
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| Sovereign Gardens | |
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| Alaskan Statehood | |
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| The Most Exclusive Club in the World | |
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| Sovereignty for Development | |
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| A Quarter-Century Lost | |
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| The Bankers Club and Puerto Rico | |
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| Drug Trafficking and the Feds | |
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| A Federal Plebiscite�so Close Yet so Far | |
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| The Territorial Clause Versus Sovereignty | |
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| The Experts and the Territorial Clause | |
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| The Hispanic Effect and Statehood | |
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| The Flight of the Pharmaceuticals and Commonwealth | |
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| JOBS, JOBS, JOBS... | |
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| Asia Headed Toward the Lead | |
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| A Decade Lost: 2000-2010 | |
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| Obama's 238 Minutes in Puerto Rico | |
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| The Thirty-Eighth Parallel and Commonwealth Status | |
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| Stagnation and the Lack of Indignados | |
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| Suggested Reading | |
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| Contributors | |
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| Index | |