Not quite a colony, not quite independent, fiercely nationalist, what is Puerto Rico's status, exactly?
Jorge Duany's
Puerto Rico: What Everyone Needs to Know (
Oxford University Press, 2017) offers clear answers to complicated questions about Puerto Rico's politics and history, as well as accounting for many phenomena that characterize the island today; migration to and from the island, the state of its economy, the role of language in shaping Puerto Rican identities. Whether you know nothing or a great deal, this book is sure to surprise and inform you.