Author: Dr. Harry Franqui
I'm a historian by training, a professor of history by day, and a public intellectual and blogger by night. I'm the author of: Soldiers of the Nation: Military Service and Modern Puerto Rico, 1868-1952. University of Nebraska Press, 2018. http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/university-of-nebraska-press/9780803278677/ You can find my academic work at: http://www.academia.edu/ I also write and blog about current issues, from politics to foreign policy, military matters, identity, culture, race and privilege. You can find my most popular works in; Latino Rebels http://www.latinorebels.com/author/harryfranquirivera/ Centro Voices http://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/centrovoices/meet-the-authors/harry-franqui https://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/harryfranquirivera-315 80 Grados http://www.80grados.net/author/harry-franqui-rivera/ Follow me @hfranqui
Honor Is Earned, Not Demanded: Doris “Dorie” Miller Was a Damn American Hero
Academic Disaster Capitalism: Puerto Rico’s Drought and the Failure to Prepare for It.
Schools, Bring Back the Citizen- For Civics’ Sake
No, the USS Abraham Lincoln Is Not a Cruise Ship. That Is Precisely the Point.
Academia Killed Jason Arday — And It Is Killing Itself and Civil Society
La Carta Autonómica of 1897 and la Constitución del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico- a Long History of Seeking Autonomy and “Compromised Sovereignty”
A Few Issues in Puerto Rican History & the Transfer of Sovereignty from Spain to the United States
Depresión Tropical: A Tale of Natural and Manmade Disasters and Defiance