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
The Unexpected Social Changes Caused by Humanitarian Campaigns, Tropical Diseases, and American Colonialism in Puerto Rico
Brief Read on the Carta Autonómica of 1897
For the Diaspora, Desperation and an Utter Sense of Impotence After Hurricane María Ravages Puerto Rico
Centro eJournal Launches with New Digital Exhibit on Puerto Rican Veterans
Breaking News: “Despacito” is about sex, dirty, dirty sex!
Gutting the Funding of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies is Unwarranted and Indefensible
Baseball, Colonial Ironies, and the Boricuas’ National Self-Esteem
in cOHERENT Thoughts 