Prologue: "I am never coming back here"
Borikén's first peoples: from migration to insurrection
Consolidating the colonial project
From reform to revolution
Imagining the great Puerto Rican family
Chronicle of a war foretold
Foundations of U.S. colonialism in Puerto Rico
The Cold War and the new push for independence
The road to neoliberalism
Broken promises and ongoing resistance
The night everything went silent
Broken memories and future-oriented histories
Selected thematic bibliography
