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Podcast: New Books in Caribbean Studies
Episode: Edgardo Meléndez, "Patria: Puerto Rican Revolutionary Exiles in Late Nineteenth-Century New York" (Centro Press, 2019)
Description: Edgardo Meléndez's book Patria: Puerto Rican Revolutionaries in Nineteenth Century New York (Centro Press, 2019) examines the activities and ideals of Puerto Rican revolutionary exiles in New York City at the end of the nineteenth century. The study is centered in the writings, news reports, and announcements by and about Puerto Ricans in Patria, the official newspaper of the Cuban Revolutionary Party. Both were founded and led by the Cuban patriot José MartÃ. The book looks at the political, organizational and ideological ties between Cuban and Puerto Rican revolutionaries in exile, as well as the events surrounding the war of 18...