Laura Briggs' Reproducing Empire: Race, Sex, Science, and U.S. Imperialism in Puerto Rico

Laura Briggs's replica: Puerto Rican racial, gender, science, and American imperialism in the empire's reproduction, Laura Briggs gave her readers the words of the Americas and Puerto Rico and the surrounding Puerto Rico and Puerto Rico "The thought" formed by the author's very detailed history, the elite of the continent of Puerto Rico as a model of the American (non) colonial of 1898 is currently used as a semi-autonomous US territory. Briggs opened her book by discussing the origin of American globalization.

Puerto Rico has been the territory of the United States since 1898 (read: colony), in 1917 the Puerto Rican acquire American citizenship through the Congressional Act. However, the Puerto Ricans who live in Puerto Rico do not enjoy the full benefit of becoming a US citizen. For example, Puerto Rico's funds declined by 38% despite paying the same level health insurance tax as the other 50 states. People living in Puerto Rico can not vote for the President of the United States (but they can vote for the president's primary) and they are not voting in Congress.

The Puerto Rico Federation is a territory of the United States located in the Caribbean Sea, and as of July 2016, the population is approximately 3.41 million people, four Puerto Ricans were American born Americans. Prior to Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico faced many economic and public health challenges. After years of recession, the island came into debt crisis in May this year and applied for bankruptcy relief 5. In 2016 nearly half of the residents of Puerto Rico fell below federal poverty line (43.5%), The entire US lived. The median value of Puerto Rico household income from 2011 to 2015 was only 12.7% compared with the median value of 19,350 dollars, which is one-seventh of the average household average of US households (53, 889 dollars) It is not. The number is more than twice as large as the whole of the United States (4.1%)