Alex Standen
Biographic Data
| ID | 1601918 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alex Standen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alex |
| FAMILY NAME | Standen |
| SIGNATURE | STANDEN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Birmingham |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9830-5037 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Striking for public power
This article examines the role of working people in the energy transition that played out in Puerto Rico in the 1930s and 1940s – from a private, fossil fuel-based regime to a public, hydroelectric system. It argues that by withholding their labor, organizing boycotts, and sabotaging energy infrastructure, working people disrupted the energy systems that powered Puerto Rico and helped to initiate a nearly-decade-long transition to public hydropow…
Building a Puerto Rico 'Better than the One We Lost
This essay examines the connection between Hurricane San Felipe II (1928) and the Puerto Rican New Deal, an agrarian reconstruction plan initiated in 1933 to redistribute land, diversify agricultural production and create a more self-sufficient economy. I argue that San Felipe II played a critical role in intensifying and exposing the environmental conditions that gave rise to the Puerto Rican New Deal. In response, Puerto Rican workers, farmers …
Confronting Colonial Capitalism
Politicizing the puttana
Politicizing the puttana
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Politicizing the puttana
Politicizing the puttana
Confronting Colonial Capitalism
Building a Puerto Rico 'Better than the One We Lost
This essay examines the connection between Hurricane San Felipe II (1928) and the Puerto Rican New Deal, an agrarian reconstruction plan initiated in 1933 to redistribute land, diversify agricultural production and create a more self-sufficient economy. I argue that San Felipe II played a critical role in intensifying and exposing the environmental conditions that gave rise to the Puerto Rican New Deal. In response, Puerto Rican workers, farmers …
Striking for public power
This article examines the role of working people in the energy transition that played out in Puerto Rico in the 1930s and 1940s – from a private, fossil fuel-based regime to a public, hydroelectric system. It argues that by withholding their labor, organizing boycotts, and sabotaging energy infrastructure, working people disrupted the energy systems that powered Puerto Rico and helped to initiate a nearly-decade-long transition to public hydropow…
Economics (3 works) · Political economy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Colonialism (2 works) · Economy (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works)